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I totally agree it's the biggest leap I've ever seen in a computer, I just thought everything would be getting better at the same rate for years. The only thing

by dep_b 6y ago

I totally agree it's the biggest leap I've ever seen in a computer, I just thought everything would be getting better at the same rate for years. The only thing that happened was that PC CPU's got so fast you could have real time 3D graphics at a given point but things would not get dramatically better in terms of colors, resolution or sound anymore. Especially given the fact most people came from an Apple II, bleep bloop 4 generous colors PC or Commodore 64 the difference was just day and night. Only Mac users had a similarly large improvement but it was still black and white and silent.

snvzz 6y ago
>Only Mac users had a similarly large improvement but it was still black and white and silent. The Mac was a clever marketing feat. The hardware could be summarized as 68000 + unaccelerated 1bit framebuffer. The OS had an easy to use GUI, but didn't even multitask at first, and had only clunky cooperative multitasking later. But it sold well. Despite the ask price was insane for what it was.
- jfb 6y ago
  This isn't even remotely true. Well, the insane price part is, I guess. But speaking as someone who was around then, the Mac was impossibly advanced, compared to the C64, Apple II, IBM PC.
  - snvzz 6y ago
    >But speaking as someone who was around then, the Mac was impossibly advanced, compared to the C64, Apple II, IBM PC. In 1984? Against computers with CPUs that were trash next to 68000? Sure. But then came the Amiga in 1985.
ricardo81 6y ago
Agreed on leap I went from a Commodore 16, Amstrad CPC 464 to Amiga 500. IIRC the Amiga was about £100 more than the CPC in the later eighties. I'm sure many a user could run off a list of their top 10 games. I still play Civ to this day, about the only game I play actually.
- icedchai 6y ago
  I went from an Apple IIc to an Amiga 500 and it was amazing. The first time I saw (and heard) Shadow of the Beast on that thing, it was unreal. I also taught myself C on the Amiga, back when I was a teen. Fun times.
  - ricardo81 6y ago
    My C programming gene didn't kick in until I was in my 20s after learning web development and some scripting. I do remember wanting to, though. Tried a little AMOS without much success

by dep_b 6y ago

snvzz 6y ago

>Only Mac users had a similarly large improvement but it was still black and white and silent. The Mac was a clever marketing feat. The hardware could be summarized as 68000 + unaccelerated 1bit framebuffer. The OS had an easy to use GUI, but didn't even multitask at first, and had only clunky cooperative multitasking later. But it sold well. Despite the ask price was insane for what it was.

jfb 6y ago
This isn't even remotely true. Well, the insane price part is, I guess. But speaking as someone who was around then, the Mac was impossibly advanced, compared to the C64, Apple II, IBM PC.
- snvzz 6y ago
  >But speaking as someone who was around then, the Mac was impossibly advanced, compared to the C64, Apple II, IBM PC. In 1984? Against computers with CPUs that were trash next to 68000? Sure. But then came the Amiga in 1985.

ricardo81 6y ago

Agreed on leap I went from a Commodore 16, Amstrad CPC 464 to Amiga 500. IIRC the Amiga was about £100 more than the CPC in the later eighties. I'm sure many a user could run off a list of their top 10 games. I still play Civ to this day, about the only game I play actually.

icedchai 6y ago
I went from an Apple IIc to an Amiga 500 and it was amazing. The first time I saw (and heard) Shadow of the Beast on that thing, it was unreal. I also taught myself C on the Amiga, back when I was a teen. Fun times.
- ricardo81 6y ago
  My C programming gene didn't kick in until I was in my 20s after learning web development and some scripting. I do remember wanting to, though. Tried a little AMOS without much success