I thought that they buried all the unsold Lisas and Apple IIIs in a Californian desert...
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:02 PM, James Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > --- On Tue, 5/19/09, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Fast forward about 15 years and I bought my first personal >> computer, an Apple III in the early 80's. Kind of a dog >> but I ended up with three of them for my business before >> buying my first Mac's in 1989. > > When you say the Apple III was "kind of a dog," is this based on your own > experience with them? Or is this based on their infamous reputation (i.e. > your own experience with them was a fairly positive one)? > > Did you employ the Apple III's all the way up until 1989? If so, that's a > pretty impressive amount of life you wrung out of those machines. Of course, > with their rather hefty price tag, it's only fair to admit that the incentive > for a buyer to wring all they could out of them was a pretty strong one. :) > > If the numbers I read are correct, Apple sold even fewer Apple IIIs than they > did Lisas (65,000 vs. 80,000) if such a thing can be believed. I find myself > wondering if there's a landfill somewhere with a metric diaperload of Apple > IIIs in it à la the Lisa as the number of Apple IIIs produced was allegedly > ~120,000. > > > Best, > > James Fraser > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
