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This was, and still is a misconception of the Mac OS platform.
I used to be a Student Representative for the Apple University Consortium during uni days. Yup, my first paid employment was all of 10 hours a week on casual rates. It was pretty good then ‘cos I was getting something like AUD13 an hour, back in the late 90′s.
Anyway, along with conducting courses on how to use the Macs in the computer labs, we were also wearing the sales hat to students wishing to buy them. Yup, we got to play with the latest models and the latest software packages. You can imagine that even though we were only supposed to work 2 hours a (week)day, on occasions when there were new models out we’d be hanging around more than that!
Then when reality hit and I had to start working for a real living, the luxury brand became further and further out of my budget… Till I had a windfall and bought the Apple Macbook Pro recently. I wasn’t too worried about not finding any Mac games to entertain myself with. It wasn’t really a problem back then and not now either; especially now that OSX is based on the popular unix operating system.
Already I have found some free mac games available online, one of which is very timely for Caitlin’s use. It’s called Alphababy, and basically it announces the letter that is typed on the keyboard, as well as the different shapes that come up when the spacebar is hit. This site also offers weekly news on the Mac software and hardware scene, great for user / fans like me to stay up to date.
As Caitlin starts interacting with my computer more (under my watchful eye of course!) I reckon I will be checking out more of such kiddie edutainment type games. After checking around what’s available, this Chuzzle for Mac also looks quite interesting and slightly more mature than Alphababy, considering how much she likes puzzles…..
What computer games do you let your kids play?
