Toy
A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
1. "nice toy": One that supports the speaker's hacking style adequately.
2. "just a toy": A machine that yields insufficient
computrons for the speaker's preferred uses.
This is not condemnatory, as is
bitty box; toys can at least be fun.
It is also strongly conditioned by one's expectations; Cray XMP users sometimes consider the Cray-1 a "toy", and certainly all RISC boxes and mainframes are toys by their standards.
See also
Get a real computer!.
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