> And the thing that probably saved Apple in the late 80s was the desktop publishing business. ...and education, and government, and academia. Apple was a pret

> And the thing that probably saved Apple in the late 80s was the desktop publishing business. ...and education, and government, and academia. Apple was a pretty safe bet in the 80s (The Mac IIfx was designed to government specs and was the fastest desktop PC around). They only really started to lose market after Windows 95.