They are in supermarkets, banks, hospitals and the school classroom. And it's very often children who bring them into the home too. One in eight children at secondary school in Britain has access to a personal computer. Peer pressure is beginning to act as it once did when some people had a television set and others did not. So if you haven't got a personal computer at home, this is where to start.
Children begin with small, hand-held games machines.
Parents should welcome this. Oddly enough, although one child plays on one machine, it is a social activity. Games machines can plug into each other and children learn to share and take turns. It is exactly the same with personal computers. That is to say, they are for the use of one person, but they can connect.