[ErroneousBosh]

Well, yeah. The home computer revolution.

Literally everyone had a ZX Spectrum, or Commodore 64, or a BBC Micro if their parents were rich and thought that having the same as they had at school was a good idea.

[chickensong]

If you change "literally everyone" to "a minority" we can agree.

[ErroneousBosh]

Well, no, because it wasn't a minority.

They were cheap and ubiquitous, unless I suppose you were in one of "Iron Curtain" countries.

[chabska]

A quick google query says 15% of US households own a personal computer in 1989.

[ErroneousBosh]

Okay, well, it was far more than that in the UK and Europe.

I suppose it's a bit like television, it would have been more popular where it was invented.

[jen20]

Around 5 million ZX Spectrums were sold between 1982 and 1992. If all were sold in the UK (they weren’t), that would put the penetration around 25% based on the number of households in 1990.

[ErroneousBosh]

One specific model of ZX Spectrum, which is one specific make and model of home computer.

Did you live in the UK in the 1980s?

[adampunk]

My house did not have a computer in it until 1992. I knew many people who did not have a computer in the house in the 1980s. Computers were expensive!

[ErroneousBosh]

Even in the early 80s they were 100 quid, that was nothing.