Re: C64/128 vs. Apple2?

[ramswell <shifty_butch@hotmail.com>]

On Jan 1, 4:46 am, Harry Potter <maspethro...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Dec 31 2007, 1:00 pm, David Murray <adri...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > This is definatly an age-old argument.  However, I might be able to
> > throw an angle in there that most people hadn't thought about.
>
> > Back in the 1980's, I can remember in the 7th grade having a huge
> > argument with a student who had an Apple IIe.  I had a Commodore
> > 128.   He would constantly make fun of me for sticking up for my
> > Commodore since he felt it was an inferior machine.  It was a toy
> > compared to his "real" computer.  However, I felt quite the opposite.
> > I had used Apples and I didn't like them.   Everytime we got into the
> > argument, though, he would always stress RAM.  He'd say, "My computer
> > has so much more RAM than yours."  He was convinced that this made his
> > computer better.  But I couldn't care less because I knew my computer
> > had so much better graphics and sound.
>
> What about an REU?  It is not true on-board memory, but you can swap
> data between it and on-board memory.




 Well they are equal in many ways, good and bad. For instance, they
BOTH SUCK when it came to the mistake that IBM fixed (putting the cPU
underneath the keyboard), BUT I like the Commodore better than the
Apple for 3 main reasons:

 #1) The color scheme was great in comparison to a black and white
screen!

#2)  That annoying "BEEP" as opposed to the Commodore SID chip
(probably the best part of the Cmmodore machines which made it very
difficult for the others to compete against for so long).

 and finally


 #3)  The availability of soft/hardware for the machines.

 When I went shopping for my Apple II, I had to contact this guy over
in Pennslyvania, wheras you can still find someplace in almost every
state still that sells something for the Commodores. :):):)


 Just my thoughts


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