I think there was a golden 20 year era for learning basic computing. If you were a kid somewhere between 1985 and 2005 you had to figure out some slightly more technical things to use a computer. I'm late Gen X and so was exposed early on to the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS, but kids working with Windows 3, 95 and 98 would have developed similar skills.

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The iMac was the herald of the end.

[–] trigonated@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Genuinely curious: what made you think that? The iMac itself doesn't really strike me as a "simplified" computer, but I might be missing something.

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Meh, lots of Dino gaming, not a lot of computer tinkering as I recollect.