In an Archive? What a waste! (Score 1)

During the summer before 3rd and 4th grade (2000ish), we moved the family's first computer (Apple ][gs) out of the basement to make room for the slightly less old Windows 98, and the new Windows 2k machine. The computer stayed in my room for two years, despite sitting right next to a new box running Linux (the pride of my life for a couple of years) for a year of that. Simply because, for those two years, I spent about half the time I spent on computers on the Apple, programming and in general tinkering with everything. TFM and the ability to teach myself a whole new world was what got me into computers. Oh, and the keyboard was amazing. The loud click still takes me to a happy place. We should replace some elementary school computers with Apple ][s. I'm not terribly smarter than the average, I just RTFM and let my curious instinct lead me. Which any 3rd grader can do, as long as the latter isn't crushed by bad teachers.