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by indrax 4666 days ago
Having an Apple ][ for a year would probably be far more educational than an ipad.
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glhaynes 4666 days ago
About electronics and low-level software, probably so. About nearly any other topic, almost surely not.
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greenyoda 4666 days ago
They don't even have to go back to the Apple II: the first Macintosh was released in 1984.
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kunai 4666 days ago
The Mac is/was a competitor to the PC; it's a general purpose computing device. The Apple II was designed to be a hackable computer for hackers while also being terrifically capable as a GP machine.
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