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> its relative value was unsustainable in that market condition The Lisa 2 was "only" $1000 more than the ($2495) Macintosh, and included a full office softwar
by musicale 6mo ago
> its relative value was unsustainable in that market condition
The Lisa 2 was "only" $1000 more than the ($2495) Macintosh, and included a full office software suite. Ironically though that may have been a reason why developers targeted the Mac, which only included MacWrite and MacPaint.
- Joel_Mckay 6mo agoHaving fully integrated office platforms with highly limited use-cases is a laggard consumer product. Then selling people a "cheaper version" of a bad deal tainted the branding further. Even the "free" upgrades for original Lisa owners drives was essentially telegraphing customers people had ripped them off already. Sometimes, offering a discount on a bad deal just makes the brand damage worse. =3
- cmrdporcupine 6mo agoYes like many companies in that era, Apple didn't really understand the value of third party developers until later and they tried to make the Lisa into a holistic closed system, a whole solution, packaging everything and leave little room for third parties. And the copy protection & licensing was extremely strict on it, as well.