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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—I don’t want to date myself, but when I was in high school, one of the things I remember was that, among the geeks like myself who hung out in the computer lab, a bit of a culture war was under way. No, it wasn’t Macs versus Windows. But Apple was a player in this battle. In fact, it was the Commodore 64 versus the Apple IIe, and while the school had a collection of Apples in the lab that all of us had to use, those of us who had C64s felt like we we owned the superior computer. Maybe it was because the machine seemed pluckier. More accessible to the common man. Easier to use. Better looking. Whatever. We knew we were right. Those Apple owners were stuck-up elitists. I suppose today some people probably feel the same about the Mac versus Windows stand-off, and, well, once again, as a Mac user this time, I’m on the right side of the fence. But Monday, it was all about the Commodore 64, as hundreds of Silicon Valley’s best and brightest came out to the Computer History Museum here to celebrate the machine’s 25th anniversary. (via Silicon Valley celebrates Commodore 64 at 25 | Geek Gestalt - A blog by Daniel Terdiman - CNET News.com)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—I don’t want to date myself, but when I was in high school, one of the things I remember was that, among the geeks like myself who hung out in the computer lab, a bit of a culture war was under way.

No, it wasn’t Macs versus Windows. But Apple was a player in this battle.

In fact, it was the Commodore 64 versus the Apple IIe, and while the school had a collection of Apples in the lab that all of us had to use, those of us who had C64s felt like we we owned the superior computer.

Maybe it was because the machine seemed pluckier. More accessible to the common man. Easier to use. Better looking. Whatever. We knew we were right. Those Apple owners were stuck-up elitists.

I suppose today some people probably feel the same about the Mac versus Windows stand-off, and, well, once again, as a Mac user this time, I’m on the right side of the fence.

But Monday, it was all about the Commodore 64, as hundreds of Silicon Valley’s best and brightest came out to the Computer History Museum here to celebrate the machine’s 25th anniversary. (via Silicon Valley celebrates Commodore 64 at 25 | Geek Gestalt - A blog by Daniel Terdiman - CNET News.com)