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I think that's pretty much out of date, as far as I can find only a total 17 million Commodore 64s were ever sold (even the most unrealistic estimates put it at

• danmaz74 13y ago
  Your data is most likely correct, but would you really classify the ipad as a "personal computer"?
  • mikestew 13y ago
    Considering that an iPad can do everything that (as I recall) a C64 could do, yes. The exception of writing and executing user-entered code could be called out, but I don't view that as a requirement of a "personal computer" but rather a "general-purpose computer". Oh, sure, we geeks think they're the same thing. But most users of C64s that I knew didn't, at least judging from how they used their machines (i. e., not writing code).
    • danmaz74 13y ago
      So, would you also classify the iphone as a PC?
      • InclinedPlane 13y ago
        Of course. Why wouldn't you?
        • danmaz74 13y ago
          Because this way the term "PC" become meaningless... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox
          • InclinedPlane 13y ago
            It is a computer that is personal. If you mean desktop, or workstation, or x86-based desktop, then use those terms.
            • danmaz74 13y ago
              So, if I come to you ask you I can use your PC, you will lend me your iphone?
              • mikestew 13y ago
                Maybe not my phone, but I'd hand you my iPad. Oh, you wanted to pull some code of off github, compile it and FTP the binary to a remote server? My iPad has ssh, login into the remote server of your choice and knock yourself out. But you more likely just wanted to Google something, in which case the iPad is probably a better choice than the C64 anyway. "Wah, I want a real keyboard!" Here, use my BT keyboard. "Boo hoo, real screen, please." Connect to the Apple TV and use the 50" 1080p TV, I'm sure you'll find it more to your liking than the C64's video display options. The C64 gets its sales record trounced by the iPad every year that iPads are for sale. Your original statement is no longer true, no matter how hard to try to narrowly define "personal computer". Best to just update your world view and move on.
                • danmaz74 13y ago
                  LOL I think my worldview is fine thanks. Next time I'll need someone to explain to me how technology advanced from 1982 to 2010 I'll call though :)
          • huxley 13y ago
            Not meaningless, the term has become broader.
            • danmaz74 13y ago
              My point is that a term that is too broad becomes meaningless. Would you call your 3g tablet a phone? And what if you don't have 3g, only wi-fi, but you can still call phones using skype? Then, even my desktop-PC-with-a-keyboard could be called a phone. Where do you put the line?
    • huxley 13y ago
      And it isn't impossible to write code: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/codea/id439571171?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/codea/id439571171?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/python-programming-language/id500458758?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/python-programming-language/...