This is, as PC World says, the age of the gadget. I therefore applaud its "official (and entirely idiosyncratic) list of the top tech gadgets of the last half century". I'd probably even agree with giving the top spot to the Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979). But any Top 50 list is an invitation to fight: the quesion is, Could we do better?
Which items are on the list that shouldn't be? Which tech gadgets has PC World misssed? (For example, there's no MiniDisc player, no DAT machine, and no DAB radio, just for starters.)
If the Walkman is No 1, where is the Sony Walkman Professional WM-D6C, the best portable cassette recorder every made? (I still use one.) Some Polaroid cameras are included so why not the Minox "spy camera", the Canon Dial (as used by Number Six in the Village -- I still have one of those, too), and the Canon A-1?
Some computers are included, such as the Commodore 64, so why not the Amiga 1000 or the Apple eMate? Where's the Tandy 100? Where's the Vectrex? Where's the classic HP-41C calculator?
Since PC World is US-based, there'sno point in asking about things like the Psion Organiser or Series 3, of course, let alone the Sky+.
I could go on for some time, but now, I think, it's your turn....
