The Joy of Computing Past and Present
Commodore’s Vic-20 was the first personal computer to sell one million units. It was officially launched in the middle of 1980 at $299. The price of a new Vic-20 would eventually drop to as little as $99. This was extraordinarily inexpensive for a color computer at that time. During it’s production life (of approximately 4 years) the Vic-20 would go on to sell more than 2.5 million units in total. At one point they were being produced at a rate of more than 9,000 computers per day.
A favourite among Atari hackers and collectors, the Atari 1200XL was the first of the XL line of 8 bit computers that followed the Atari 400 and Atari 800 computers. While there is much to appreciate about the 1200XL, it was generally not well received when initially launched in 1982.
Creating digital products is more popular than ever. Many potential buyers of downloadable software still appreciate seeing a boxed version of the software before they purchase – even if the box does not really exist. The image of a software box lends tangibility and makes the software feel more legitimate.
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With the recent news that digital books have surpassed physical books in terms of sales, people are turning towards their computers, tablets, phones and dedicated ebook readers to consume digital books more than ever before. While ebooks have been around for quite some time, they have generally never looked so good or been as popular as they are today.
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