I hung around the local computer store and lurked on BBSs in the early Apple 2 era, and people with serious computers (16 bit, S100 bus, CP/M) definitely scoffe

I hung around the local computer store and lurked on BBSs in the early Apple 2 era, and people with serious computers (16 bit, S100 bus, CP/M) definitely scoffed at this 8-bit toy with not even a floppy drive. People will scoff at anything new. It doesn't predict much about its eventual success.