Computer: male or female?

A Spanish Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'

'Pencil,'  however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

A student asked, 'What  gender is 'computer'?'

Instead of giving the answer, the  teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to  decide for themselves  
whether 'computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun.  Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal  logic; 

2. The  native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone  else;

3. Even  the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and 

4. As  soon as you make a commitment  to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories  for it. 

The women's group, however,  concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador'),  because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn  them on; 

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for  themselves; 

3. They  are supposed to help you solve  problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and 

4. As  soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model 

So, what do you think? Is a computer male or female?

:p