If they waited or if they came out with another revision, would you have bought it? Would other people have bought it? And what do you think would have happened to the popularity of Commodore if the 1541 was sped up? Exactly.
They're doubling the memory on the Raspberry Pi and are people returning their old units? No. People are ordering the Raspberry Pi again with double the memory. It generates more income and makes the product more popular.
Not doing it hurts the company.
Commodore should have had me as manager. I would have made moves to make them more popular.
A Raspberry Pi is $35, a C64 + a 1541 would set you back by about $1000. Do you really think people would buy another one because the floppy drive was faster?
The C64 is the best selling personal computer of all time. Commodore did pretty well without you.
