Watch baffled grade schoolers confront an old Apple II computer

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last updated 8 January 2015

There's something in this video for just about everyone. People old enough to remember working on a mouse-less, hard drive–free Apple II computer in the early 1980s will appreciate the perplexed faces and adorable reactions to yesterday's cutting-edge hardware (and cringe at how the kids handle the floppy disks). Those of you too young to have computed in the dawn of the mass-produced desktop personal computer will probably learn a thing or two. (Meet the 5.25-inch floppy disk!) Everyone should appreciate how far we — and Apple — have come in the last 30 years. --Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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