I'm 30, and I don't own a MacBook either, but I don't see them as above an upper-middle class income bracket, I'm certain you can afford them if you're into sof

I'm 30, and I don't own a MacBook either, but I don't see them as above an upper-middle class income bracket, I'm certain you can afford them if you're into software development. I wouldn't give them to a 9-year old either, but his parents are "a lawyer and an investment banker", so it sounds reasonable (and I guess that being the son of an investment banker probably helped the funding). Edit: here's GigaOm's original interview linked in the BBC article http://gigaom.com/2011/12/13/meet-the-internets-newest-boy-genius/ http://gigaom.com/2011/12/13/meet-the-internets-newest-boy-g...