7 Jun
2014
7 Jun
'14
6:23 a.m.
On 07/06/14 12:40 AM, Eric Smith wrote:
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Toby Thain <toby at
telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
I stand corrected. I actually didn't know any Apple II people so I
shouldn't have said they didn't become Mac loyalists.
However, I stand by the first part: the Mac was marketed to capture a
whole new user base - including those who'd never used a computer, and
SME's.
--Toby
Apple II acolytes weren't the Mac market and
didn't become Mac loyalists,
on the whole. (That was what I was trying to imply, but I didn't spell it
out.)
That's nearly completely opposite to my experience among the Apple II crowd
in the midwest of the United States. Many of the Apple II enthusiasts
wanted the Lisa, but it was too expensive for them. When the Mac was
introduced, they were quick to adopt it.