Thanks for that comment! And it’s always the same: the people with a historical perspective that doesn’t match the popular opinion get downvoted for spreading knowledge.
To go on a bit of a tangent here, Lemmy lets you hide scores on posts. I’ve had that set for a while and it’s nice to not get that bias before reacting to a post
Windows was never the default in classrooms in the 80’s, that was Apple. First with the Apple II.
Windows didn’t even exist until 1985 and wasn’t widely adopted until 3.0/3.1 in the 90s.
Windows 386 in the late 80s was widely considered to be a joke:
https://youtu.be/noEHHB6rnMI
Thanks for that comment! And it’s always the same: the people with a historical perspective that doesn’t match the popular opinion get downvoted for spreading knowledge.
To go on a bit of a tangent here, Lemmy lets you hide scores on posts. I’ve had that set for a while and it’s nice to not get that bias before reacting to a post
Pretty sure that CBM, especially the Commodore Pet, was the default in classrooms in the 80s not Apple.
While the PET was the first computer I ever used, we only had 4 of them (and only 1 with a tape drive! Hope you type fast!)
Compared to entire rooms of Apple IIs.
https://hackeducation.com/2015/02/25/kids-cant-wait-apple