My children have used our Macs since 1988 as toddlers and now use them almost constantly as teenagers. Children are no different than adults in that they must be taught how to use a computer! And certainly, using an iBook as a ladder is not an intended use!
And, as a matter of fact, my 17 year old son recently did a search on "paris hilton" and "paris hilton porn" on my G3 iBook (poor guy, while having a couple of tech savvy, early technology adoptors as parents has it benefits, it's hard to work on "secret projects") BTW, we don't "snoop" to see what our children are doing online but he didn't log out of his account...My husband was curious because our office door is NEVER closed and it was closed and locked "by accident, I guess", which made my husband just a little curious to see what that really meant...
Bottom line, we haven't experienced any problems nor have we ever had problems with our Macs and we have two teenagers. AND we were "swingers" for a couple of years - PC and Macs at home but got sick of the hassle that goes with PC's - (my first computer was an IBM PC back in 1983) yeah, I know what some of you are thinking but when you get to the point that you want to enjoy every computing experience and not worry about HOW it works and just concentrate ON your work, the Mac is the only choice!
Last point, children these days aren't concerned with Mac vs. PC debate like us "older" folks. They just want to do what they want to do without having to think about it - much like turning on the TV without have to send someone out into the rain and cold turn the antennae pole until the reception is clear...
Future users will make their decision on ease of use and consistant performance. And hey, if all of that can be put into an elegant, innovative, beautiful package, that looks like a piece of art rather than a machine that you have to hide under your desk, the choice is rather obvious...
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And, as a matter of fact, my 17 year old son recently did a search on "paris hilton" and "paris hilton porn" on my G3 iBook (poor guy, while having a couple of tech savvy, early technology adoptors as parents has it benefits, it's hard to work on "secret projects") BTW, we don't "snoop" to see what our children are doing online but he didn't log out of his account...My husband was curious because our office door is NEVER closed and it was closed and locked "by accident, I guess", which made my husband just a little curious to see what that really meant...
Bottom line, we haven't experienced any problems nor have we ever had problems with our Macs and we have two teenagers. AND we were "swingers" for a couple of years - PC and Macs at home but got sick of the hassle that goes with PC's - (my first computer was an IBM PC back in 1983) yeah, I know what some of you are thinking but when you get to the point that you want to enjoy every computing experience and not worry about HOW it works and just concentrate ON your work, the Mac is the only choice!
Last point, children these days aren't concerned with Mac vs. PC debate like us "older" folks. They just want to do what they want to do without having to think about it - much like turning on the TV without have to send someone out into the rain and cold turn the antennae pole until the reception is clear...
Future users will make their decision on ease of use and consistant performance. And hey, if all of that can be put into an elegant, innovative, beautiful package, that looks like a piece of art rather than a machine that you have to hide under your desk, the choice is rather obvious...