• comrade_twisty@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    28 days ago

    That hits the nail on the head. I spent mamy hours of my infront of various computers ranging from Atari over C128 to 8086 and finally a glorious 386. Most of that time was spent fixing problems, trying to understand hard- and software issues and finding workarounds.

    Kids these days with iPads and Chromebooks don’t experience any of that.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      28 days ago

      ok but that was a world of entire programs on a floppy disc and no real internet.

      My son is doing a coop term in consumer computer repair and business is brisk in keeping 15 year old computers working, second lives with Linux.