It was not just about the speed, back then, it was also that a parent who didn't know much about this stuff could give it to their kid and just not worry about

It was not just about the speed, back then, it was also that a parent who didn't know much about this stuff could give it to their kid and just not worry about it. The RPi is closer to a modern PC than it is to an 80s 8-bit, even tho' it can run BBC BASIC.