How to do a "family home computer" these days?

0rion said

I feel like the computer is the VCR of this generation. Their time is limited. I can do most things on my phone that I can do on a computer. Our computer got hit by lightning about 5 years ago. I never replaced it and don't really miss it. My wife has a laptop but only because she wants one....not sure she does anything on it she couldn't accomplish with her phone or tablet.

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For most people this is true because they do nothing but use them for social media or a few other apps. But the VCR comparison doesn't work because there are entire career paths out there thst still very much use computers to do things phones can't do, and Gen Z is wildly tech illiterate due to being raised on smart phones and tablets which require no real understanding to run. Giving kids access to a real computer is important. It promotes actual tech literacy.