I never understood why the ST wasn't more successful - in the 80s these were more or less the same as macs for less than 1/2 (1/3?) the price. Why get a mac plu

I never understood why the ST wasn't more successful - in the 80s these were more or less the same as macs for less than 1/2 (1/3?) the price. Why get a mac plus with 1mb ram for $2500 when an ST with the same amount of ram and higher res (monochrome - like the plus) monitor was $1000? Considerably cheaper than comparable and even slower PC clones too.