The way I seem to remember it is that, back then, we
were amazed when things
worked, rather than being irked when they didn't. Apple's attitude was
clearl,
though, and that was that if your data really mattered, you'd certainly use a
computer and not an Apple. The Apple wasn't designed from the ground up as a
That was NEVER the apple position, and while they grew largest in
education, Apple clearly targeted the SOHO market sector. What you are
repeating is the Wintel propaganda against Apple, hence the accronym
TA2INAT The Apple ][ is NOT a TOY.
I don't see how people can fail to be impressed with a system that can come
out of 22 years of use in the public school system and essentially function
as new. Clean and lubricate and the floppy drives still work fine.