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Sunday Snapshot — High Tech Toddler

May 16, 2010 by
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We purchased this refurbished ancient iMac on eBay years ago as Emily’s first learning computer. This week, it has been officially passed on to Clara! It takes a lickin’… and keeps on tickin’!

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  1. Mark says
    May 16, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    Dear Valerie,

    She does amazingly well despite not having a keyboard.

    For those interested, it is a G3/333MHz, and I replaced the memory so that she has a whopping 384 MB.

    It's not so great with anything other than some old software titles, but it works.

    Love,
    Mark

  2. Anonymous says
    May 16, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    That's one techno baby!

  3. Jen says
    May 16, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    So cute. We started our girls out with a keyboard that attached on top of ours and it had games with it. It was great for teaching them colors/shapes etc- and how to control the mouse. It's amazing how fast they learn how to use technology. Now they are teaching me a few things. lol

  4. Anna says
    May 16, 2010 at 11:09 pm

    We have an old laptop that the kids use. It runs older kids software and we disconnected all internet features, oh, and it makes for a portable dvd player in a pinch. They love it.

  5. Christy says
    May 17, 2010 at 6:39 am

    You will fall on the floor laughing, but we only have ONE COMPUTER in our house. ONE COMPUTER for five people. I'm super protective of it too. I let the kids play games, but I worry about them breaking it all the time!

  6. Ticia says
    May 17, 2010 at 11:54 am

    Our kids get the computers that we're done with, so they're not top of the line, but they're still pretty good.

  7. Lindsay says
    May 17, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    Soo cute! Im not a mac fan but they do keep on ticking! We took one of those computers apart at my office and took out the "guts" and turned it into a trash can.. We called it an iTrash 🙂

  8. Jessica Monte says
    May 17, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    Oh my goodness, that's awesome! I love retro technology. I know my hubby would get a kick out of this . . . and this reminds me: I have a refurbished lap top just waiting for my preschooler to have some tech fun too.

  9. Raising a Happy Child says
    May 17, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    Lucky Clara. Anna can get on mine if she is lucky, but it doesn't happen as often as she would have liked.

  10. Valerie @ Frugal Family Fun Blog says
    May 17, 2010 at 10:02 pm

    @ Jen — I've seen those keyboards, but we've never tried them. I bet the kiddos pick up on it pretty quickly!

    @ Anna — Oh, I forgot that Em used to watch DVDs on this too! Thanks for the reminder!!

    @ Christy — Seriously???? One computer?? My marriage would be in peril. 😉

  11. Valerie @ Frugal Family Fun Blog says
    May 17, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    @ Lindsay — I love the iTrash idea!! I was thinking this one would make a nice aquarium when it finally kicks the bucket.