I doubt the Apple ][ was a middle-class good. Its killer app was VisiCalc, which households had little use for. Back then a computer was nothing but a toy for a

I doubt the Apple ][ was a middle-class good. Its killer app was VisiCalc, which households had little use for. Back then a computer was nothing but a toy for a household. The Apple ][ was a bargain for businesses, not households. Certainly it was not a middle-class good in the same way that an iPhone is.