This seems to me like an apples-to-oranges comparison, and reflects the transition of computers from a niche field dominated by curiosity to a mainstream busine

This seems to me like an apples-to-oranges comparison, and reflects the transition of computers from a niche field dominated by curiosity to a mainstream business asset (one facet of which is the focus of the article). Many people today are still having fun with computers and I dare say that the people who had fun with computers in previous decades would have fun with computers today as well.