I took my Daughter somewhere today (Explore Learning) it was for a review based on a writing competition she entered.
I wouldn’t sign up to explore learning and that’s a whole different thread but it did highlight something - we’ve never really introduced them to computers. She didn’t seem comfortable on the computer there and her only exposure really has been at school so far.
So - I’m looking at getting a desk and all in one computer setup at home. I know nothing so am looking at ideas - minimal is preferred. An old iMac perhaps? It won’t be used for gaming just educational bits and bobs.
Decided against a laptop as I don’t want it used in bedrooms or slouched across the floor etc.
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Bearing in mind he has had probably 5 ipads in that time.
We have a Lenevo laptop - but for the reasons outlined in my post and the fact that they’ll almost certainly break a laptop I’m favouring a cheapish used all in one.
Would a 2011 iMac do the job for a couple of years? Maybe reassess needs after that an get something more up to date.
I know it won’t run the latest version OS etc but based on who’s using it and what for I can’t see it being an issue from my limited knowledge.
I do like the fact these older ones have an optical drive and are more user maintainable - chucking more RAM in etc.
Kids are very happy. The next job is to work out how how to use it as a TV. We’ve only got one TV set in the house so it would be useful. We are using iplayer on it at the moment. A google search doesn’t seem to provide a decent solution.
iMac's are great but the glass screen is a vulnerability with children.
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Of course before we’d actually had one our kids weren’t going to watch tv, eat sweets or anything else that might be ‘bad’. Yeah right...
I hardly watch TV - I don’t remember watching any last week apart from a couple of episodes of the 10pm news. There’s no Question Time at the
moment...
I’m much happier pissing about on here and watching YouTube etc.
Between the kids and the Mrs I don’t get a chance at the TV really.
Had Sat night to myself and rented a music docu. and watched that on the google play - didn’t switch the TV on.