Kids These Days

+ Posted by Josh Hallett on 11.24.06 // 11:24 AM

I set up my 5-year-old son with my old 12" iBook today. While giving him a quick overview of the Mac he asked, "Does this have a DVD player in it?" I replied, "No, it doesn't". He seemed to lose interest at that point.

The Old iBook

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Of course as the contrarian teen years begin he will demand a PC. With 10 being the new 15
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061126/ap_on_re_us/teen_tweens_6, you don't have far to go.

My 17 y/o daughter convinced me she needed her own laptop for the amount of homework she had to do. I didn't argue since she is an excellent student. She got a Macbook. The first night I found her cuddled up in bed with a cup of hot chocolate watching "Shakespeare in Love"... it seems things don't change much between 5 and 17...

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