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I suppose inferior depends on what purposes they are used for. Was it worth discarding a very large potential market? Even in 1987, IBM PCs (and compatibles)
by tcbawo 4y ago
I suppose inferior depends on what purposes they are used for. Was it worth discarding a very large potential market? Even in 1987, IBM PCs (and compatibles) had ~66% of market share, with Apple ~10%. By 1990, PCs had >80% of the market.
- rasz 4y agoIn 1987 C64 had 4x the market share of Macs :) https://web.archive.org/web/20150609094756/http://www.retrocomputing.net/info/siti/total_share.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150609094756/http://www.retroc...
- KerrAvon 4y agoI think one needs to take any assertion of Commodore’s marketshare numbers with a grain of salt — Commodore itself didn’t release numbers at the time and the numbers we hear these days all seem to be anecdotal. That said, I don’t think Macs surpassed Apple II marketshare until circa 1991 or so, so one doesn’t need to look to competitors.