Nope. I'm a 45 y.o Gen Xer. I had a C64 when I was 12. Used it all through high school w/ a dot matrix printer. To be sure it wasn't a household item like TVs but people had them. My cousin -- so jealous of him -- had an Apple II.
And most schools had some form of a computer lab back in the mid-80s with a mix of TRS-80s, Franklin PC clones, and/or Apple IIs and IICs. At my high school a semester of computer, which included programming in BASIC and LOGO, was required.
Also back in the 80s everyone wore a watch of some kind.
I wasted many hours playing majormud, tradewars, etc on local bbs.
I suppose I should have qualified with "in any significant saturation". From a historical perspective, it sounds like you may still be somewhat of an anomaly. Also, I suppose it depends on the definition of "grew up with". I'm 29 and I cannot remember a time when our home didn't have a personal computer or a console video game system.
Same! Good times, good times.
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Anyone who started using computers before they were 18 pretty much "grew up with" computers. Sure, the perspective of a person who cannot recall a time that their home did not have a computer will be different than the perspective of someone who can remember not having one, but that actually gives the person who grew up with them but can recall not having them a great sense of what these advances mean.
I think it's incredibly cool when people stay in tune with new tech as they age. Octogenarians who remember not even having a TV but are adept at operating computers, smart phones, etc? They must have a fascinating personal frame of reference, no?
Same! Good times, good times.
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Anyone who started using computers before they were 18 pretty much "grew up with" computers. Sure, the perspective of a person who cannot recall a time that their home did not have a computer will be different than the perspective of someone who can remember not having one, but that actually gives the person who grew up with them but can recall not having them a great sense of what these advances mean.
I think it's incredibly cool when people stay in tune with new tech as they age. Octogenarians who remember not even having a TV but are adept at operating computers, smart phones, etc? They must have a fascinating personal frame of reference, no?
I'm 45 and still find that going through the times we did with old computers, having windows or macs since day one and building PC's, we know much more than many younger ones today. It just works for them. It didn't just work for us. We learned computers inside and out, same with the software. My 8 year old isn't exactly going to be getting around me tech wise. Instead I find myself making sure she knows her way around a PC. Even my college aged nieces and nephews aren't exactly computer literate when it comes to the nuts and bolts part of it. They can barely use parts of Office and good luck with anything else.
Ahhhh! The joy of building and upgrading a system. The first time I replaced a video card I went for broke and replaced my modem. LOL.
We did teach the kids how to build a desktop. The eldest still has a working knowledge.
18 and getting the SS with the black sport band.
I can't wait until I can go to school and not be bugged by my phone all day.
What about a certificate of sanity ?