There is a growing gap in U.S. computer literacy. Homes with parents making lots of money often have two or three computers, including a fast one purchased within the year.
Schools have a wide range of equipment, often depending on how wealthy the school district is.
Many well-off areas have new and highly capable computer labs in their school districts. Natural resource GCN readers in government and, to a smaller extent, industry readers represent an absolutely critical yet mostly untapped resource to help children learn computer skills. In a perfect world, each group of school computers would have a systems administrator with knowledge and imagination. But salaries in typical school systems are generally less than those of companies in the same region. Moreover, unemployment levels among skilled information technology workers has dropped to just about zero.