It's not just my opinion. I've heard accounts of generational differences in computer use for a decade or more.
Statistics:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0901656.html
"The Harris study showed that younger people who are on the verge of entering their prime spending years are more likely to value their computers, with 57 percent saying it's their most important machine. Among 35- to 49-year-olds, 48 percent said the computer was at the top of their list, and just 44 percent of those over 50 counted computers as their top electronic gadget."
and different ages use computers differently:
"Computer use also varied significantly according to the age group. Many 18- to 34-year-olds said listening to music was the most important activity they performed with their PC; people in the 35 to 49 age range often cited job-related tasks; and people over 50 leaned toward e-mail."
the above from:
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-971060.html?tag=cd_mh
My mom uses a computer, but it's only for the occasional email and mostly surfing medical sites. I use mine for my work, but I don't use it nearly as much for social interaction or game playing as someone half my age would. And I'm not anywhere near "under-the-hood" savvy when it comes to the tech workings of computer as younger people are. I have more friends from my general generation who have absolutely nothing to do with computers, either personally or at their jobs, and don't want to have anything to do with them than I do friends like myself who use them for their work *and* for their personal stuff. I do have a friend in her 50s who is learning very quickly about the internet and html, but that was after years and years of not even wanting the internet in her house.
Yes, there will be older and middle-aged people who are quite computer savvy, just as there are young people who don't want to learn computers, but they not representative of their generation as a whole. And that is what I was referring to.
They're also from a generation that is not all that into computers. Now somewhere I heard on the 'net that Roger uses a Mac (I have no idea if this is true or not) and I am positive that I saw a Macintosh G4 sitting behind David Gilmour in a recent interview (The VH1 Legends one--can you imagine...Roger and David having something in common?
), so it's not as if they are computer illiterate, but just because you use one doesn't mean you use it in the way that someone 30 years younger does.
) You are very welcome online. Do you use the Internet much?
