The commodore 64 was actually more advanced than our "modern" computers those days in many ways.

All you had to do was to switch on the power and in a few seconds you would be presented with an operating system.
An operating system which could not be overwritten by a virus as it was on a ROM.

No fans making noise. Low power consumption.


This is where modern computers should have built on. A personal computer should consume 20 watt max instead of the 1000w gaming PCs some have now.
Millions of wasted energy polluting the environment and raising your electricity bill.

Fortunately we seem to be moving away from that soon. The new personal computers will be smartphones as microsoft already has hinted towards with their 950 and 950xl lumia series, giving you a desktop experience with their docking station for the 950/950xl lumia, allowing you to connect the smartphone to any monitor and use it as a desktop.

The smartphone itself consumes around 15w when on load, and makes no noise while operating.

Unfortunately it is only good for some browsing, email etc and other basic stuff, as it cannot really run any real windows apps, but it is already showing the way.


We will probably see similar devices for android and ios soon. M$ having a tiny market share in the smartphone market might hit them pretty bad in the future, as the future will be smartphones that can also act as a desktop.
Windows may become a thing of the past, which might not necessarily be a bad thing after all, with all the spying they have built right into it and their forceful automatic updates you cannot turn off.