I say that as 8 bit computers were on the way out. The IBM PC was driving 8 bit computer manufacturers out of business right and left. The Apple /// was a failure, as was the Lisa. The Mac wasn't an immediate hit, but it wasn't a failure either...it had all the right ingredients but wasn't fully baked. Apple wisely stuck with it. As important and successful as the Apple II was, it wasn't going to compete with 16 and (later) 32 bit computers. Remember, Commodore had the biggest selling computer of all time AND the Amiga, and still went bust.
--- On Sat, 12/12/09, Gord Tulloch <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gord Tulloch <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: What if Apple hadn't created the Mac? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 11:44 PM > So, you're saying that a computer > company that had one of the top > computers on the market would have gone belly up if not for > the Mac? > I'm not sure I'm buying that, why? -- gt > > 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/ > > > > -- > Gord Tulloch, Winnipeg, MB --- National Coordinator for > Canada, > Astronomers Without Borders > Ph. 204-801-0874 http://www.facebook.com/gord.tulloch > Skype:gordtulloch AAVSO:TGR > -- > AWB http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org > RASC Winnipeg Centre http://winnipeg.rasc.ca > 100HA co-webmaster http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org > Apple ][ Forever! http://www.apple2forever.com > Personal Blog at http://snowyplainsastro.blogspot.com > -- > > -- > ----- > 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/
