The machines were often sold with your ability to create software with ease being a feature / benefit selling point. The Apple ][ is the iconic machine, as was

The machines were often sold with your ability to create software with ease being a feature / benefit selling point. The Apple ][ is the iconic machine, as was the BBC Micro (which has a kick ass BASIC / in-line assembly environment in ROM many Apple ][ users would envy), and heck my machine came with schematics!! The modern Mac is a bit painful. Agreed.