The Amstrad CPC 464 was one of the most successful computers in Europe. More than two million computers were sold. Despite its ordinary characteristics (like those of the Sinclair Spectrum and often less interesting than those of the others like the Commodore 64 or Atari XL/Xe series) or odd features (like video memory or strange floppy disk format), it was very popular because of its really low price and its interesting commercial concept : all peripherals were sold together (like the Commodore PET that was sold years earlier): CPU/keyboard, tape recorder, monitor (monochrome green or colour).
Read the more »
Tags: Soft, Gaming, amstrad cpc 464, amstrad-cpc-464, atari, commodore 64, commodore pet, commodore-64, commodore-pet, external floppy, external-floppy, floppy disk format, floppy-disk-format, m software, m-software, million computers, million-computers, monochrome, odd features, odd-features, peripherals, rsx, sinclair spectrum, sinclair-spectrum, sold together, sold-together, tape recorder, tape-recorder, two million, two-million, video memory, video-memory, xe | No Comments »
Microsoft has listed a 100 “wows” for its latest OS, Windows Vista.Sadly, majority of the votes on the net are against Vista. XP works
just fine for everyone at the moment, for several reasons and most people would like to first try Vista on their secondary computers or elsewhere, before upgrading to it.
Read the more »
Tags: Soft, Vista, bugs, buying a new pc, buying-a-new-pc, consumers, coupons, improved security, improved-security, learning curve, learning-curve, microsoft operating system, microsoft-operating-system, new vista, new-vista, os windows, os-windows, peripherals, sadly, secondary computers, secondary-computers, touch screen, touch-screen, understandable, video card upgrades, video-card-upgrades, windows vista, windows-vista | No Comments »
