On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Scott Walde wrote:
> >> I think "the most sold and popular computer ever produced in the world"
> >> would be the Commodore 64. If we're talking about machines made by a
> >> single manufacturer, anyway.
> >I dont' agree at all and like me all the magazines I have don't agree
> >either. The fact that you don't know it dos not mean that it is not
> >true.
>
> I don't recall what enrico said was the number of spectrums made, but the
> varying reports of number of C64s made range from 17-22 million. I'll
> leave the readers to draw their own conclusions so I don't have to endure
> the wrath of enrico. (and yes, I know there are other computers in the
> world... the statement here is 'most sold' and I'm assuming Commodore
> sold most of the C64s they built.)
I'd have to think that this is, in fact, correct. Unless someone can
point me in the direction of some hard facts concerning the production
numbers of computers, the evidence that I have would seem to point to the
Commodore 64 as being the most produced and sold. Their production run
was from like 1982 to 1994 or something silly like that.
By far it is the most common computer I run into, even more than TI's
which are like dirt themselves.
Point me to some actual statistics by a non-biased publication (ie.
a magazine called "Sinclair Digest" would most likely contain weighted
numbers).
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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