14 Oct
2007
14 Oct
'07
7:53 a.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
I didn't either. 808x had about as long a run of
usefulness as the
other popular/surviving home computers at the time (I'm thinking Apple
II, C64, Mac classic here), which was about 8 years. As to why that is,
I'm still trying to hammer out theories (additional ones are welcome),
such as "the home computer software industry moved at a slower pace back
then" or "computers cost so much back then that people expected them to
last", etc.
I think people worked/played more with the computer more back then.
Meaning wrote utilities, improved stuff, changed something, and were
proud if it.
Now it (the pc a least) became a utility appliance like a toaster.
Nothing sexy about it anymore. And software is so bloated, it is hard
enough to just use it ;-)
Cheers