Re: The apple 2, the PC, and the clones

["Kelli Halliburton" <kelli217@crosswinds.not>]

"Supertimer" <supertimer@aol.com> wrote in message
20020714161044.03263.00000497@mb-bh.aol.com">news:20020714161044.03263.00000497@mb-bh.aol.com...
> >Mac was introduced in 1984, and wasn't a success until 1986, when the
> >IIgs came out. When did you move to the PC?
>
> The Mac wasn't a success until a few years after that.  Mac
> was losing money and Apple was using Apple II series sales
> to keep it alive until it could take hold.

Well, the Mac started getting more attention when the Macintosh II came out,
around '86 or '87. Hey, it finally had color! And you could expand it! Even
get it with a hard drive! ;)

I really wanted a Mac II 4/40 system back in '87. But I made do with my C64.
With GEOS. :)