elsewhere that if this had ben around when I was a teenager and looking longingly at a commodore 64, I would have given my right arm and probably an internal organ to have got my hands on something like this. I still remember seeing my friends ZX-80 and being amazed he actually had a *computer* in his bedroom. It lit a spark in me, as I think it will have done for many people on here, that is still yet to be extinguished. I also wish that the internet had been around when I was that age, as the myriad possibilities to learn new things would have almost certainly taken me in a different direction to the one I am now in. My family were not particularly technical but I am happy reading 'stuff'' and working it out for myself and the internet would have fed that no end. As it was, the local Library was my best source for information. I don't have my own children, but have many many neices and nephews and despite me trying, they are just not interested in computers or computing, over and above using Facebook. For them, something like this is a non-starter. Now, I was talking to a friend at work, and she was talking about her son, who is interested in electronics - this is the sort of person that the Pi is going to appeal to. I mentioned the Pi and also the Arduino, and she became very interested so