Similar situation here (Score 1)

I have a 2-year old daughter, and I've been asking myself the same question. Given how intersted she is in my and my wife's laptops, might there be a child-resistant and inexpensive computer for her?

I read through the various postings, and frankly I was surprised by some of the negativity expressed there. We read to our child every night before bedtime, we take her outdoors for running around, and we fill her day with appropriate activities. AND she still wants to play with computers. I think this is a legitimate question.

I've set up an old laptop for her to play with. No screen saver / password, stripped of most apps, just word processing so she can see her letters and sing ABC. She doesn't touch her toy laptop (the ones that cost around $20 at Wal-Mart). To be honest she only plays with her "real" laptop for about 5 minutes. Most of the times, she just wants to sit on our laps and do what we do. LOL.