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Bring in the Clones
In that timeframe, there was no way I could afford any computer from a brand name (I didn't have Billy's rich parents and had to work at Burger King to feed my tech habit). The two things that made my choice easier was availability of an Apple IIe clone and being introduced to Apple at school (Tandy before that, but they were out of my price range too). The only reason I switched to IBM in the early 90's was because I saw that they owned the business market. I was a Mac user before that. At the end of the day, I need to go where I can earn a living....
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Bring in the Clones  happyharry_z | 11/14/08
Mixing Model III and Model 16 features  DevGuy_z | 11/14/08
"Full order of magnitude faster"  DevGuy_z | 11/14/08
Base vs add-ons  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 11/14/08
Two things.  DevGuy_z | 11/14/08
CP/M vs TRS-DOS  DevGuy_z | 11/14/08
Different circles  dave.leigh@... | 11/15/08
You were missing the most popular computer of the time  Roger Ramjet | 11/14/08
OK  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 11/14/08
So you were one of THEM happy  brble | 11/14/08
Me too  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 11/14/08
Another one of them.  dave.leigh@... | 11/15/08
(OT) Sun's latest  Anton Philidor | 11/14/08
Minor, but PC-DOS might be called IBM's - version - of MS-DOS  Anton Philidor | 11/14/08
Uhuh  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 11/14/08
Two articles confirming the distinction  Anton Philidor | 11/14/08
Some people must have used IBM pc's.  Anton Philidor | 11/14/08
No  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 11/14/08
Your scenario  Anton Philidor | 11/14/08
Nice try  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 11/15/08
"It is hypothesized"...  dave.leigh@... | 11/15/08
You missed the bigger point  jorjitop | 11/16/08
Still sour graping over Microsoft and IBM's success...  transposeIT | 11/16/08

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