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"Nobody doubts that the C64 was the greatest selling single computer model of all time" Well maybe once they didn't. 78 million XBox 360s have sold, and it's
by Tloewald 12y ago
"Nobody doubts that the C64 was the greatest selling single computer model of all time"
Well maybe once they didn't.
78 million XBox 360s have sold, and it's as much a computer as the C64 (and used as much for computing as the C64 was).
There are probably several specific smartphone models that have exceeded 12.5M.
Now the C64 sold on specific model, but some had disk drives, etc. so...
- 300bps 12y agoBefore the Commodore 64, there was the Atari 2600 and it sold 30 million units: http://www.atariage.com/2600/?SystemID=2600 http://www.atariage.com/2600/?SystemID=2600 But nobody considers that a computer, it's a game console. Just like the Xbox 360. As you imply, it does all come down to your definition of computer. If defined very loosely then there are plenty of contenders. If defined as a general purpose computer, the Commodore 64 is it.
- Tloewald 12y agoPoint taken. But the iPhone and iPad are very definitely computers. You can even code on them in a large variety of ways. Most people I knew who had C64's knew only enough to launch games (and often they had the instructions scrawled on the disk slip covers). And that includes CS majors.