When should a baby get his or her own first computer? According to some marketers, it could be the perfect 1st birthday gift.

There are operating systems ("OS") available that make computers infant-friendly, such as Qimo and Sugar. The idea is that you can take some old box, wipe-out that beloved version of Windows XP, and load an OS that translates the I/O into something that's far more keyboard-banging, simple icon chasing, game-playing friendly. It can run easy programs, and it's even possible to help them establish baby networks (or "I2I," for infant-to-infant communities).

I'm not convinced this is such a good thing, for at least two reasons:

First, why does an infant need a computer?

rest here