HP-15c: Why so popular?

[nickapos]

(11-04-2023 09:59 AM)Peet Wrote:  

(11-04-2023 09:12 AM)nickapos Wrote:  Awesome answer Valentin, especially for us who were not around at that time, to learn the history of these awesome machines and how they compare to each other at the time of their release.
Thank you very much
I was 4 years old when 15C was released

I don't think the comparison was meant seriously. Some advantages of the 41c are listed as disadvantages through a twisted description. The list is also a bit opinion-heavy instead of factual.

Compare a 15c and 41c is a bit like comparing a rowing boat and a sailing yacht. The 15c is a pocket calculator, the 41c a portable computer system. If you want an expandable system with external data storage, a printer and a huge software library, then the 15c doesn't offer much of that.

Yeah of course I know that 41c is expandable, but I did not realise that 15c was so feature full, and in general ahead of its time when it was released.