Re: Christmas 1984: The Great Apple//c vs. PCjr Battle

[Greg Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com>]

In article <67WcnZlJO8gs2pSjXTWc3Q@comcast.com>, OOAEOOMSNR
<abuse@aol.com> wrote:

> I don't mean to troll, but it's interesting to me that the Commodore was
> described as a "toy computer".  Does that description reflect a manager
> trying to enforce an opinion on his sales crew, to further push sales of the
> Apples, or was that a genuine perception among computer professionals of the
> day, that Commodore computers were "toys"?

It was not uncommon, I think, for Commodore machines to be thought of
as very distinctly home machines with no hope of greater aspirations at
the time. It wasn't universal, and I don't know that it was really
well-founded, but it was a perceived reality at least in some circles.
Commodore was a poster child for ineffectual or downright absent
marketing.

G