You're stuck in the wrong decade old geezer. All the kids in college and highschool these days were born in the 90s and grow up in the 90s/00's. Computers have been so prevalent their entire lives that they could literally jump onto a bus, head down to the local Salvation Army, and pick up a computer. All for about the price of one or two cheese pizzas.
I would know: my previous computer, the one that I had since I was a child, cost me $50. Because I was feeling like Mr Moneybags at the time.
Anybody currently in college or enrolling in college who says they never had the opportunity to hobby in computing is flat out full of shit.