Re: What if...

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stevenl11@aol.comstuffit (Steven Lichter) wrote:

>It would be very interesting, but with the last time
>Apple did that with the Apple II card in a Mac, it did
>not work very well and Apple II users we not even 

No, the Apple II card for the Mac LC did not work
because it was six years after the fact.  Apple
killed the II for all intents and purposes by cutting
its advertisement and neglecting it and then after
six years it comes out with an Apple II card and
expects that to sell well?  What kind of business
decision is that?

(But actually, Apple did make a profit out of the
Mac LC card believe it or not.  In a MacWorld
article, it was revealed that at the time, it was the
best selling card for the Mac LC.  The longevity of
Apple II interest in the schools...something that
Apple squandered.)

>interested in buying it.  Apple for business reasons 
>dumped on the Apple II series and does not want 
>anything to do with it since they are now a profit
>motivated company. When any of the computers 
>becomes a  drain on the company then will do the 
>same that they did to the Apple II!!

If Apple did this for business reasons, then they did
poor business.  Apple began sidelining the Apple II
when the Apple II was at the height of its popularity.
Way back when the Apple IIe Professional and the
Apple IIc were the best selling computers in the
world.  That was when Apple drained resources
from the SUCCESSFUL Apple II division in order to
prop up the then unsuccessful Mac division.

Ask yourself this.  How much money did the
Apple IIe make in 1984 and 1985 for Apple?  How
much money did the Mac make for Apple in those
two years?  Answer: Apple IIe made far more
money.  Mac was a loss at the beginning.

Second question: How much money was pumped
into development and marketing for each line?
Answer: Apple II got pennies while Mac was
treated like royalty.

In fact, the Apple IIGS was the only major
investment Apple made in the Apple II line and
when it became too successful in its first year,
Apple cut practically all marketing in order to
prevent it from overtaking the Mac.