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New Sat 29 Jan 11 11:37 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Dog
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-50-best-computers-2197508.html?action=Gallery
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New Sat 29 Jan 11 13:46 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Focusless
Great, but what about next week? :)
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New Sat 29 Jan 11 13:58 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Stuartli
Out of date as reviews are being written...:-))
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New Sat 29 Jan 11 14:35 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Tooslow
How the dickens did the BT home hub get in at nbr 5? This is just an advertising feature. Now if it had been the top 50 of all time...

I nominate the 360 architecture which is still going strong in it's latest incarnation for nbr 1, with the DEC PDP at nbr 2. I suppose the Intel pc has to appear at nbr 3 and then.... where's our resident hardware expert?

John
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New Sat 29 Jan 11 14:38 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Focusless
>> I nominate the 360 architecture

Do they include games consoles? :)
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New Sat 29 Jan 11 14:52 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Tooslow
You'd have burnt at the stake as a witch if you'd shown up with one of them back then!

John
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New Sat 29 Jan 11 14:57 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Focusless
>> You'd have burnt at the stake as a witch if you'd shown up with one
>> of them back then!

It is amazing to see how the technology keeps advancing - makes you wonder where we'll be in another 20 or 30 odd years.
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New Sat 29 Jan 11 16:43 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Zero
>> >> You'd have burnt at the stake as a witch if you'd shown up with
>> one
>> >> of them back then!
>>
>> It is amazing to see how the technology keeps advancing - makes you wonder where
>> we'll be in another 20 or 30 odd years.

Let me see. 360 was born in 1964, migrated to 370, then MVS, Then MVS/SE, MVS/SP, then MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, then OS/390, then Z/OS, currently on version 12.

So, in 20 years time the world will still be turning on Z/OS V32.

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New Sat 29 Jan 11 18:33 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Stuartli
>>..makes you wonder where we'll be in another 20 or 30 odd years.>>

Well in my case it won't be above ground...:-))
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New Sat 29 Jan 11 16:47 
 The 50 Best ? Computers. - Zero
>> I nominate the 360 architecture which is still going strong in it's latest incarnation for
>> nbr 1, with the DEC PDP at nbr 2. I suppose the Intel pc has
>> to appear at nbr 3 and then.... where's our resident hardware expert?
>>
>> John

With you there John mostly

Pick of the pops, computer style, in at Number one is

The IBM 360/370/3090/Z still at number one after 47 years.

2 Dec PDP

3 The intel x86 range

4 IBM Sys36/As400

5 Sun Sparc.

With a special mention to Gene Amdahl.
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