Maybe it's because of where I lived, but no one I knew (among Apple and C64 owners) looked down their nose at the other's computer. Both groups knew the other machine's value: the Commodore was a multimedia machine (before the word was coined) and the Apple was a tweaking/machine language computer with its open architecture. Each had its strengths and weaknesses. What gave the Apple the edge was its superior disk drive system.
Many people I knew did not like (but did not put down) the Atari 800 because of its perception as a "games only" machine (and the awful membrane keyboard of the 400), but looking back, it was a worthy machine.
Pity me, though: my old man refused to listen in 1981 and bought a TI-99 instead of an Apple or C64. It gathered dust for two years before he listened and bought an Apple II+ clone.
While I agree that C64 was influential (had one, and c128, and amigas), let's be fair and give credit also to some people and computers that should have been given credit in the article. (perhaps the author is too young?): Clive Sinclair - ZX80, ZX81, Spectrum; BBC-B Alan Sugar - Amstrad CPC 464 (later in the game between Spectrum and C64)
Jack Tramiel, and his son Sam: Atari ST 520 (counterpart for Amiga)
While I agree that C64 was influential (had one, and c128, and amigas), let's be fair and give credit also to some people and computers that should have been given credit in the article. (perhaps the author is too young?): Clive Sinclair - ZX80, ZX81, Spectrum; BBC-B Alan Sugar - Amstrad CPC 464 (later in the game between Spectrum and C64)
Jack Tramiel, and his son Sam: Atari ST 520 (counterpart for Amiga)
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Many people I knew did not like (but did not put down) the Atari 800 because of its perception as a "games only" machine (and the awful membrane keyboard of the 400), but looking back, it was a worthy machine.
Pity me, though: my old man refused to listen in 1981 and bought a TI-99 instead of an Apple or C64. It gathered dust for two years before he listened and bought an Apple II+ clone.
Clive Sinclair - ZX80, ZX81, Spectrum;
BBC-B
Alan Sugar - Amstrad CPC 464 (later in the game between Spectrum and C64)
Jack Tramiel, and his son Sam: Atari ST 520 (counterpart for Amiga)
Clive Sinclair - ZX80, ZX81, Spectrum;
BBC-B
Alan Sugar - Amstrad CPC 464 (later in the game between Spectrum and C64)
Jack Tramiel, and his son Sam: Atari ST 520 (counterpart for Amiga)