Just to take it all back to the OP a bit - if you're trying sporn a geek
(you should - geeks are more than just engineers), my advice is give him
the 1985 Chevy Camaro. A Porsche is too much car for a kid - he'll only
screw it up, let him dream about the Porsche while he fixes up his
Camaro. It also has the benefit of being a lot cheaper than a Camaro -
in computer terms; just pick up any old second hand-PC and put Ubuntu on
it. When to start? Immediately! I had my first computer at the age of 7
and was programming BASIC by 8, now I earn more than most people I know,
there is no minimum age, especially if the hardware's cheap and can
afford to be broken.
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