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FOR PARENTS ONLY: is a Mac *BAD* for Pre-School Kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="yogi" data-source="post: 342522" data-attributes="member: 8542"><p>Looks like it's settled. But I reflected on this and here's my opinion:</p><p></p><p>Don't let your son become a switcher. Make things easy for him. When I think back at all the things during grade school that went wrong because we had a Windows box, I shudder. In terms of being a productive student, a Mac is the best. </p><p></p><p>Schools use Macs mostly, as has been stated above. What the main point here is, is whether your son will be able to work on a Windows box when given one. Right now, the web sites he uses are same on Win and Mac. I think that was said before. </p><p>Other than that, your son might use Office for his early school years, and more of the Internet. No problem.</p><p></p><p>Making life easy for him is one thing. But once he's older, make sure he gets exposure to Windows, knows how to work on Windows as well, if possible expose him to Linux. I know it helped me find my way around computers, because every computer is different. The iMac G5 at school is different from the iMac G5 at home. I had to use a OS 9 box last week and was somewhat lost at first. But having used Windows and OS X and linux, I found my way around because essentially all these OSes behave the same most of the time. It's not that much of a difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yogi, post: 342522, member: 8542"] Looks like it's settled. But I reflected on this and here's my opinion: Don't let your son become a switcher. Make things easy for him. When I think back at all the things during grade school that went wrong because we had a Windows box, I shudder. In terms of being a productive student, a Mac is the best. Schools use Macs mostly, as has been stated above. What the main point here is, is whether your son will be able to work on a Windows box when given one. Right now, the web sites he uses are same on Win and Mac. I think that was said before. Other than that, your son might use Office for his early school years, and more of the Internet. No problem. Making life easy for him is one thing. But once he's older, make sure he gets exposure to Windows, knows how to work on Windows as well, if possible expose him to Linux. I know it helped me find my way around computers, because every computer is different. The iMac G5 at school is different from the iMac G5 at home. I had to use a OS 9 box last week and was somewhat lost at first. But having used Windows and OS X and linux, I found my way around because essentially all these OSes behave the same most of the time. It's not that much of a difference. [/QUOTE]
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