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My parents went down the home computer route, and I ended up with an 800 XE.
It was beautiful. The detachable keyboard, the IBM-grey sleek housing, the pastel console buttons, and satisfying "chi-chuunnnggg" of the spring loaded power button.
I felt like I had the future under the palms of my hand.
It was, but as Atari was known for, was just a fancy new shell on eight year old hardware not too dissimilar to the 2600 or VCS or whatever your region calls it.
the 800xe was roughly equivalent to a commodore 64.
That is so cool. I’ve yet to collect one of those.