Talk:Motorola 68000 series/Archives/2013

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"Modern" Desktop Computers

I have a problem with this statement: "Although no modern desktop computers are based on the 68k," well, couldn't the Amiga be considered modern? Its last manafacture date is 1994/95 but the computers are still in use today (see the amount of Amiga sites still on the internet -- I can't external link obviously) so doesn't that make it a "modern" machine? How do we define "modern"?

Well, the Classic Amiga 68k platform is not supported by it's parent company (Amiga inc), and it's as you say no longer manufactured nor sold and commercial 68k software is pretty much non-existant. So I'm having a hard time calling it modern myself. 85.19.140.9 (talk) 16:54, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

If one were to define "modern" as meaning "currently manufactured and sold", one would have to say that "the International Space Station is not modern", while "the horse and buggy is modern".

Could we improve this article by avoiding the ambiguous word "modern", replacing

Although no modern desktop computers are based on the 68000, derivative processors are still widely used ...

with

Although the last desktop computers based on the 68000 were produced in <insert appropriate year here>, derivative processors are still widely used ..."

? --DavidCary (talk) 17:23, 21 July 2013 (UTC)