We bought this toy to take on a car trip for our 5 year old. We didn't even bring it because the lowest volume is so loud and the sounds are annoying. My husband couldn't stand to have it in the car. We couldn't even put headphones or anything in it because there is no way to put them into the laptop. The games my son plays on the laptop don't really teach him anything although there are ones on there that do. The kids love the way you move the things around and although they wanted a mouse like our computer, they find this laptop easier to use. The screen is also very dark and hard to see sometimes. The contrast once again is hardly noticeable with the contrast button. If they would fix the sound and screen, it wouldn't be too bad of a toy.
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I am happy i bought this toy. My 5 yr old son loves it and uses it often. He figured out all the activities and games. Some people said that graphics are bad but come on , its under $30, what can u expect. I think this toy is totally worth the money.
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I'm disappointed because the screen does not light up! So you need to make sure that the child sits somewhere with good light, otherwise they wont see anything. My daughter loves to play with it, but no light-up screen takes a lot from this toy
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As a teacher, I am thrilled to find an exceptional educational toy and this is it. I purchased this for my son who has a learning disability and he took to this laptop immediately. After showing and playing with my son a few times, he was able to master the mouse and key board quickly. He enjoys the language arts lower level games the most. I appreciate that the laptop has more advanced games that he can grow into. The laptop speaks to the user by praising when achieving a high score or offering encouragement to continue when a low score is earned. There are five more programs included such as Math and Brain Teasers. I was hesitant to buy because of the concerns offered by others that there is no "back light" that will illuminate the screen. The screen is highly visible in regular room light. I encourage parents to play some of the games before giving it to a child so the adult can explain how the device and programs work.
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My son who is 4 years old and autistic received this yesterday, I ordered to replace his Vtech Talking Whiz Kid 2000, a blue, heavy, bulky, hand-me-down laptop (from my older kids 13 and 14 years old) which was a success in the old days. Not sure when it was built but it has designs of Windows 3.1 icons around the screen. Like I said that old one is bulky and weighs as much as my old iBook G4, so you must imagine the big change the upgrade made. We would have never replaced "old faithful" if it wasn't for the fact that 4 activity buttons were broken. It isn't very usable, however it still turns on and does the activities that are not broken.
Moving on to our new acquisition, this laptop is light as a feather, has two cartridges that can be stored in a front compartment and has two designs (white with blue display and silver with yellow-green display) but I imagine both do the same thing. Mine is the silver with yellow-green display as pictured.
My son was playing with it all day yesterday since it came, and it was the first thing he reached for today. More fun than gazillion bubble buzz lightyear he got, and it has survived a lot of rough handling. The previous Vtech Whiz Kid laptop survived a lot of extensive mistreating and being tossed often. I will update within a month, or as soon as this thing breaks. I imagine it will last longer than the buzz lightyear (4 weeks), our son is very rough but this thing seems to be quite sturdy.
It doesn't have a backlight, but for less than thirty dollars, who would expect to get backlight? I think this thing is worth what it costs.
