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Sounds an excellent plan.Originally Posted by Zak33
A couple of years ago my kids happily opened their presents, and at the end of which my son (10 at the time) counted out some Christmas money he had been given and asked that I buy him a Minecraft account with it. It didn't take long for my daughter to do the same, so I figured I may as well join in
They did play with their other presents in the end, but I had no idea just how much they wanted Minecraft at the time (it was the first I had played with it as well).
Again, if it is down to Minecraft, then possibly yes. Most kids don't get to play full blown Minecraft on a proper PC. There is a definite playground pecking order, with PS/Xbox being the lowly norm, laptops better but a proper desktop PC is the one to have.I wonder how much today's kids will appreciate, for instance, a PC and 24" monitor? Will your grandson be thinking back to it, nostalgically, in 50 years? I wonder?
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i've asked for cash to update my iPad 3 for a new iPad Air2 and a couple of Lego games & Farcry4 for my Xbox one.
other than that its all about the kids, I built a PC for my daughter to play Sims & Minecraft on and my sons Xbox One setup all courtesy of the grandparents, like people have said I wonder how much they'll appreciate it all as these days most kids expect big things and I now know how my mum must of felt trying to save to get xmas presents for me n my brother back in the day and the sacrifices she must of made.
Christmas marks the day of my first PC build! Got almost all the components now, just a few final touches needed and in 14 days I will have my first REAL PC
As i always really struggle with what to buy people, what i'd really like is for someone else to do all my shopping for me.
I'll take your word for it on playground pecking order. No young kids here, so I wouldn't know. But will they remember playing Minecraft, or that it was a Christmas present, and moreover, one that, like my bike, was a once-in-a-childhood level of present. Or is it an ephemeral fad, to be replaced by another fad in a few months, certainly by next year's present?
The reason I remember that bike so well is that my parents waited until I was old enough for a 'proper' bike, and it lasted me years. In fact, in was what enabled much of my social life, getting to places, and to see friends, that would have been impractical without. There was certainly no parental taxi service in those days. That bike was central to my childhood, and my most treasured possession for years. Also, unlike a computer game (which didn't exist in those days) it got me off my backside from in front of the telly, and out in the world, getting exercise.
Not really sure, parents are wanting to get me something (well my mum) since I didn't get anything from them for my birthday a couple of months ago either.
Currently the contenders seem to be an ereader, maybe monitor stand (just thought of), piano stool and some books/films etc.
I remember getting my Raleigh Arena the same way. From memory that was around £100 worth of bike, which allowing for inflation is about the cost of an OK PC now. Bikes are still something the kids want, and are still a social enabler, but I think in real terms they just aren't as expensive now so not the same aspirational wow factor.I'll take your word for it on playground pecking order. No young kids here, so I wouldn't know. But will they remember playing Minecraft, or that it was a Christmas present, and moreover, one that, like my bike, was a once-in-a-childhood level of present. Or is it an ephemeral fad, to be replaced by another fad in a few months, certainly by next year's present?
The reason I remember that bike so well is that my parents waited until I was old enough for a 'proper' bike, and it lasted me years. In fact, in was what enabled much of my social life, getting to places, and to see friends, that would have been impractical without. There was certainly no parental taxi service in those days. That bike was central to my childhood, and my most treasured possession for years. Also, unlike a computer game (which didn't exist in those days) it got me off my backside from in front of the telly, and out in the world, getting exercise.
You're no doubt right, certainly on the "real terms" thing. The world has changed a LOT over the years. At the risk of sounding like a parody of a Monty Python 'lived in a shoebox' sketch, the era I'm talking about was barely out of post-WW2 rationing, and even then, produce availability was limited, there were no supermarkets, and expectations were very different, making a 'big' present, like a bike, far FAR more exceptional than it would be these days, even taking real terms into account,
Ah right, I am talking late 70's early 80's in my case. I had an old hand me down bike with a three speed hub gear system. Getting a brand new 10 speed racer was amazing, that thing did more thousands of miles than I can count. I bought a replacement when I was 17 with my first proper wage packet, I still have that bike, the Arena was sold on complete with all the Shimano changer upgrades & tweaks to a young lad who I hope got as much out of it as I did.
Nice bikes have become the plaything of middle aged men in lycra nowadays, not kids. Which is a shame really.
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