Re: Apple II Clones. How many sold?

[sporadic <sporadically@gmail.com>]

On Dec 27, 9:24 am, datajerk <dataj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Google has failed me, or I have failed Google.  In either case I
> cannot seem to find any statistics on the number of Apple II clones
> sold in the US or worldwide.  I had a clone, as did most of my
> friends.  It was economics.
>
> I ask this because according to Wikipedia, "During the Commodore 64's
> lifetime, sales totalled 17 million units, making it the best-selling
> single personal computer model of all time." (Yes totaled was spelled
> wrong in the article--fixed now :-).  And according to Wikipedia Apple
> II sales sans the IIgs were less than 5 million.  But the number of
> clones are not taken into consideration.  AFAIK the C64 was not cloned
> (correct me here).
>
> So, was the C64 the best-selling computer "model" of all time?  Can
> the ~200 different Apple II clones significantly increase the the
> overall volume of the A2 family.  I speculate no.  Simply because my
> clone was still 3x the cost of the C64.  But I'd still like to know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Happy Holidays.
>
> P.S. I no longer have a clone, but a real //c that I acquired via eBay
> about 3 months ago.  It's wonderful.

That's a pretty interesting question, with both legal and illegal
clones of the Apple II throughout the years and worldwide, I'd imagine
the number's gotta be greater than 5 million.  Here's a list of Apple
II clones, most of these I've never even heard of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_II_clones


Jimmy