toy n.
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!.