Comments on: Some Very Bad News for IBM and Apple http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/some-very-bad-news-for-ibm-and-apple/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Tux http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/some-very-bad-news-for-ibm-and-apple/#comment-161543 Tux Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:10:22 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13890#comment-161543 This is a fantastic ad from the early days of computing. Still doesn't beat my all-time favorite ad in which Apple welcomes IBM to the world of personal computing. This is a fantastic ad from the early days of computing. Still doesn’t beat my all-time favorite ad in which Apple welcomes IBM to the world of personal computing.

]]> By: MrCorey http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/some-very-bad-news-for-ibm-and-apple/#comment-161170 MrCorey Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:49:50 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13890#comment-161170 *sets walker aside and puts teeth back in* I remember when that ad came out. I had thought that it would be great fun to have one of those with all of its RAM and color capability. But, the one that wooed me even more was the Apple Lisa with its 1MB of RAM!!! *sets walker aside and puts teeth back in* I remember when that ad came out. I had thought that it would be great fun to have one of those with all of its RAM and color capability. But, the one that wooed me even more was the Apple Lisa with its 1MB of RAM!!!

]]> By: Lawrence Woodman http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/some-very-bad-news-for-ibm-and-apple/#comment-160994 Lawrence Woodman Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:34:21 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13890#comment-160994 I loved my Commodore 128, though I don't ever remember it being referred to as a 128PC. The biggest problem with it is that its cp/m mode was just too slow to be particularly useful. I loved my Commodore 128, though I don’t ever remember it being referred to as a 128PC. The biggest problem with it is that its cp/m mode was just too slow to be particularly useful.

]]> By: Milton Segura http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/some-very-bad-news-for-ibm-and-apple/#comment-160935 Milton Segura Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:29:48 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13890#comment-160935 hahahahha the last question was hilarious xD hahahahha the last question was hilarious xD

]]> By: GadgetNut http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/some-very-bad-news-for-ibm-and-apple/#comment-160887 GadgetNut Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:18:44 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13890#comment-160887 Ah, isn't nostalgia grand. I started out on a Commodore 64 and an Atari 800. The Commodore 128 was a good stepping stone. I lusted for the Amiga machines. Amigas were the first systems to have math co-processors, and separate multi-voice sound chips. They were lots of bang for the buck. I knew a guy that used to develop in C on his Amiga, and cross-compile to the PC. Commodore had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, it seems as if they couldn't ever get folks to take their systems seriously, or just didn't know how to market the things as other than curiosities or game systems. A shame, really. Imagine how different the landscape might have been if only..... Ah, isn’t nostalgia grand. I started out on a Commodore 64 and an Atari 800. The Commodore 128 was a good stepping stone.

I lusted for the Amiga machines. Amigas were the first systems to have math co-processors, and separate multi-voice sound chips. They were lots of bang for the buck. I knew a guy that used to develop in C on his Amiga, and cross-compile to the PC. Commodore had a lot of potential.

Unfortunately, it seems as if they couldn’t ever get folks to take their systems seriously, or just didn’t know how to market the things as other than curiosities or game systems. A shame, really. Imagine how different the landscape might have been if only…..

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