C64 turns 30; So what do todays kids think of it ?

[kevin]

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19055707

[monkeybot]

wow!
I loved my C64 back in the day,I learned 6502 ASM on it  but am i the only one watching that film that thought he is on a hiding to nothing,i really don't understand how someone can be that nostalgic about the performance in todays age?I mean bloody hell i can emulate 20 of the things on my phone at once!

[kevin]

erm... are modern machines really as fast as we think they are  ?  - On paper yeah, 100's if not 1000's of time quicker, but proportionally the more memory you have to shift and more baggage we stick in front of it..  the more depressing the comparison becomes.