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Windows 2 came out in December 1987. The Macintosh II (which introduced "full" palettized 8-bit color) had already come out in March 1987.
by kalleboo 2y ago
Windows 2 came out in December 1987. The Macintosh II (which introduced "full" palettized 8-bit color) had already come out in March 1987.
- pjmlp 2y agoWhile I stand corrected on the year being the same, there is the question of the price, which offered a 16 bit VGA, not 8 bit colour palette as you mentioned, at more affordable price point.
- rep_lodsb 2y ago16-color VGA, not 16 bits (which would be 65536 colors).
- bigfatkitten 2y agoAnd you could buy a decent car for the price of the Mac II. Base model was twice the cost of a well specced PC/AT at the time. In terms of price it was in the same league as Sun and Silicon Graphics workstations, not the PC.