Simple answer: Apple would not have survived.
--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Gord Tulloch <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gord Tulloch <[email protected]> > Subject: What if Apple hadn't created the Mac? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 5:37 PM > Hi all: > > I'm an Apple II enthusiast who also dabbles in vintage > Macs, although > mostly as a means of running emulators and hardware like > the Apple //e > emulator board for PDS :) > > One thing I've been pondering lately that I thought I'd > bounce off the > group is: What if Apple has never invented the Mac? What > would the > computer landscape have looked like? What directions would > Apple have > taken the Apple II? Would Apple's dominance in > personal computers > have continued rather than spending some years as a niche > player? > Would DOS/Windoze have been a big player? > > I'm also asking the same questions on Apple II forums, to > get a sort > of "pro" Apple II perspective, but I'm hoping to get a more > "anti" > perspective from Vintage Mac users (since for better or > worse in > essence Steve Jobs "killed" the Apple II to ensure the Mac > would be > the core product at Apple). I'll write up the responses > into an > article that I'll certainly share (I'm not doing this for a > paid job > FWIW, I wish!). Thanks! > > Regards, > Gord > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the > Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
