The computer technology didn't exist in the 1960s to make the Apollo guidance computer.
This goes along with the general discussion about the state of technology available to NASA in the 1960s. But since computer capability has compounded many fold since Apollo, it is sometimes treated separately.
As with the general level of technology, conspiracists often try to compare the availability and sophistication of consumer computing equipment with that available to NASA. Computer companies of the 1950s and 1960s had to produce general purpose computers at a cost that would attract business and scientific customers. NASA had to solve only one problem -- guidance -- and could easily afford to have a custom system designed and built for them using cutting edge components and techniques.
This goes along with the general discussion about the state of technology available to NASA in the 1960s. But since computer capability has compounded many fold since Apollo, it is sometimes treated separately.
As with the general level of technology, conspiracists often try to compare the availability and sophistication of consumer computing equipment with that available to NASA. Computer companies of the 1950s and 1960s had to produce general purpose computers at a cost that would attract business and scientific customers. NASA had to solve only one problem -- guidance -- and could easily afford to have a custom system designed and built for them using cutting edge components and techniques.
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