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i'm reading the commodore trilogy of books by brian bagnall right now, so this is interesting to read also. looking back now, it seems there was way too many o

• timbit42 4y ago
  Trilogy? I have four Brian Bagnall books so far... People decided which hardware to buy based on what software they want to run and their budget. If they wanted business software before the IBM PC came out, they chose CP/M, Tandy's TRS-80, or perhaps the Apple II with VisiCalc, or sometimes with Microsoft's Z-80 card to run CP/M. If they wanted education for their children, they'd often buy what their children's school had, if they could afford it. In the US this was usually an Apple II, Atari 800 or Commodore 64. In Canada it was usually the Commodore 64. In the UK it was the BBC Micro. In France, it was the Thomson. In North America, if they wanted the best games, they bought an Apple II, until the Atari 800 came out, and only until the Commodore 64 came out. In the UK it was the BBC Micro if you had money and wanted more than just games, and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum if you didn't have money or wanted more games. The Commodore 64 was also a popular option there, once it was released. If people couldn't afford those options, they bought a Commodore VIC-20 or 64, or the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the UK. Another lower cost option was the Tandy Color Computers.