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Originally Posted by SeaKing
Man, that is one great chart. Even back to the Commodore and more.
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It puts things in perspective. There were multiple options but the consumers chose the best 2 options, leaving the others in the dust. I think that more than 2 can emerge from the current options since people can afford to have multiple devices. The sale of PC's (generic use of the term, not only windows) has reached a plateau because most people are just buying to upgrade their system. The number of people buying their first PC would be offset by those that switch from PC to mobile.
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Originally Posted by elcreative
Trouble with charts of this nature, they don't show like vs like... PCs covers a multitude of sins over many years whereas C64 or Atari are single products (the Atari 400 was just a sawn down 800) or devices that had a very limited range of models by comparison... and where's the abacus?  |
You can also view it as a matter of evolution. The more variation, the higher the chance of survival.