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Before 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/?Syste
by 300bps 12y ago
Before 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.