Commodore VIC-20 (1980-1985)

Commodore VIC-20

🥇First Computer to Sell 1 Million Units 

The Commodore VIC-20, released in 1980, served as the essential "friendly computer" that paved the way for the home computing boom. It holds the historic distinction of being the first computer of any kind to sell one million units, a feat achieved by marketing the machine not just to tech hobbyists, but as an affordable household appliance sold in everyday department stores like K-Mart. Boasting a modest 5KB of memory and built to be incredibly inexpensive to produce, it hooked up straight to standard home televisions to provide bright color graphics and electronic sound. To boost its mainstream appeal, Commodore famously hired Star Trek star William Shatner as its pitchman, cementing the VIC-20’s legacy as the accessible gateway drug that introduced the general public to the world of personal computing.

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