OK, you've convinced me. I'm going to switch back to a REAL computer and OS:Tell that to Google, Amazon, Netflix, The New York Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange (after a disastrous attempt to use Windows).Not serious companies. Show me Linux in a company that actually does something.
Do not underestimate the Commodore. Furthermore, I have it on good authority that the Vic-20 is poised for a comeback.
followed by a wikipedia pointer to a Commodore 64 page. Mumble. I would direct you to:
http://www.woodward.org/mps/
which documents how you can install an emulator for a REAL computer and operating system in rather wide use during the Commodore age, the Xerox D-machines, Mesa language and the Co-Pilot debugger. Have big fun. It's still pretty awesome stuff. Mesa compares quite favorably to Java. You can come to your own conclusions about the D-Machine. Compare closely Grasshoppah, the Dragon and the SPARC.