The Wikipedia page[0], says it's a home computer that includes productivity apps.
> The "Plus/4" name refers to the four-application ROM-resident office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, database, and graphing); it was billed as "the productivity computer with software built in.
Surprisingly it doesn't have the sprites of the C64, though with more colors and clocks at 1.79 MHz (similar to the Atari 8-bit machines).
It's funny how early computers were so keen on differentiation for market share, without considering compatibility needed for adoption. Only something completely different like the Macintosh could take off, and I don't even know how much that would be true without laser printers.
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Surprisingly it doesn't have the sprites of the C64, though with more colors and clocks at 1.79 MHz (similar to the Atari 8-bit machines).
It's funny how early computers were so keen on differentiation for market share, without considering compatibility needed for adoption. Only something completely different like the Macintosh could take off, and I don't even know how much that would be true without laser printers.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Plus/4