Loved my C64. Had a vic 20 before that.
Opened up my career in IT.
Writing in assembler with the programmers reference guide, I was hooked.
I sort of liken my experience with the C64 to an old school mechanic who would know how to strip a gearbox, rebuild an alternator etc. I learnt how everything worked, how each bit comes together.
Whereas, I liken someone getting their first computer experience on a PC/Mac, rather like someone learning to work in a garage nowadays, many things on cars are simply swapped for new parts, very little is actually repaired. Many new mechanics will never get to say strip and rebuild a gearbox etc, end result, they might be good at what they do, but most will never have the in-depth knowledge and experience of how every part works.
True you can argue with the modern pc (or car etc) you don’t actually need to. But I’m just glad I was around when we did
The attached pic isn’t that far from the truth