> and insisted on staying away from producing IBM compatibles That didn't turn out well for them in the end since they eventually had to build machines 90% sim

> and insisted on staying away from producing IBM compatibles That didn't turn out well for them in the end since they eventually had to build machines 90% similar to IBM PCs that were still able to run Windows in a VM, just so they wouldn't become obsolete after the G5 fiasco. So I'm not sure how you can conclusively claim that "it worked out for Apple".