If apple hadn't created the Mac, we'd have Lisa's instead. Apple had Lisa and Mac running side by side as projects, but the Lisa was way more money than the Mac, which is what ended up being the death of it. When apple released the Lisa, if there had been no Mac, it would have bombed, but they might have gotten the idea to slim the price down to the cost of what the Mac was, and would have instead had Lisa computers all over the place... but I would rather have a classy name like Macintosh over L.I.S.A. (That just feels like some star-treckish movie prop name.)
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Roger Haney <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ -- ----- 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/
