Overheard

A Hobbyist Tool

I feel today's PC is still a hobbyist tool, not yet fit for the general public.

When: Nov, 2003
Who: Artist Jim Reed, grandson of John Mauchly, who with J. Presper Eckert, was the inventor of the "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer" (ENIAC), widely considered to be the world's first electronic general-purpose computer.
Context: Wired News: Sad End to Computing's Inventor