# Refurbished laptop for my kid **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 20, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839 "2014-05-20T16:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jackthew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackthew)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/1 "2014-05-20T16:41:17Z")
My old work laptop had too little HDD space, aproximately 300GB, so I just restored the whole thing back to factory settings and are now looking for software that would be cool for my kid to play around and do some learning. She’s 5. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/2 "2014-05-20T17:13:54Z")
Well, I grew up with JumpStart and Cluefinders as educational software. But that was in the late 90s/early 00s. I don’t know if you can still get them as physical CDs or if you can only do it online. I still wish I’d finished JumpStart 3rd grade. ---
**Author:** ![Jackthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jackthew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackthew)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/3 "2014-05-21T11:18:23Z")
What about these guys? [http://www.magicdesktop.com/](http://www.magicdesktop.com/) I remember them being around in the 00’s but I didn’t have kids then. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/4 "2014-05-21T12:44:20Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Jackthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jackthew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackthew)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/5 "2014-05-23T16:11:12Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Moved Cafe Society –\> IMHO. What is that, I can’t seem to find it in google. You have a link I can check? EDIT: haha, nevermind, you moved this topic to a different category 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/6 "2014-05-23T17:58:47Z")
My kids liked the iSpy games and Blues Clues. I think we had some Jump Start as well. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/7 "2014-05-23T20:23:46Z")
> **[PBS KIDS](https://pbskids.org/)** > > Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows! > **[Nick Jr.| Kids Shows | Full Episodes & Video Clips](http://www.nickjr.com)** > > Localize / Custom. Try to keep it under 250 characters and include episode content. [http://games.disney.com/](http://games.disney.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Jackthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jackthew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackthew)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/8 "2014-05-27T14:22:12Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > [http://www.pbskids.org](http://www.pbskids.org) > [http://www.nickjr.com](http://www.nickjr.com) > [http://games.disney.com/](http://games.disney.com/) I’ve tried the software in the meantime. It includes a safe browser for kids with a directory of websites, and all of these are listed there. Considering that it already includes learning apps, as well as these websites, I think I have pretty much everything I need with this software. Thanks for the help anyway, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refurbished-laptop-for-my-kid/688839/9 "2014-05-27T15:40:12Z")
> **[Starfall Education: Kids Games, Movies, & Books K-3](https://www.starfall.com/h/)** > > At Starfall, children have fun while they learn - specializing in reading, phonics & math - educational games, movies, books, songs, and more for children K-3.