Re: World-wide 8-bit computer sales (all-time)?

[wildstar <wildstar128@hotmail.com>]

vairxpert@hotmail.com (vairxpert) wrote in news:3efef98b.1626532
@news.netnitco.net:

> 
> Apples and Oranges.  The early 80's were about convincing parents that
> brand X game console had educational properties and could later on be
> converted into an inexpensive full fledged computer.  These were huge
> selling points on TV commercials, magazines, Sunday sales flyers and
> even product boxes.  Mattel was actually sued over it resulting in the
> ECS.
> 
> For some reason I don't think we'll ever see that unknown PS2 dev kit
> advertised on TV or be able to purchase it at Best Buy, Walmart or
> Target.
> 
> Education and game consoles just don't go together and probably never
> will.  Even the browsing abilities of the DC was nothing more than a
> novelty and everything was included except a $15 keyboard.
> At least in the early 80's the hype had a chance to work since
> computers were rare items that few people owned and there was no
> standard OS on the market.  Today it would be a huge joke since PC's
> are just as common as color TV's.
> 
> George
>

Not really because PS2 had USB ports so you can use USB keyboards & Mouse 
right away and a Zip Drive and add an HD and have a Linux OS and use it 
for education. The difference may be an HD in contrast to older Atari 
2600 but doesn't make it really any different. Simply, Linux is often too 
big with all the software available to fit on a floppy disk. What do you 
expect in 20 years.

So, I don't think it is any different.