re: #37 William Lewis
The Amiga and the Atari ST both came out then too and both were superior in many ways except neither Commodore nor Atari had anyone like Jobs.
Commodore was poorly run and ended up being a front for who knows what untoward international intrigue, being a Bahamian corporation with former US official on the board.
Atari as a company never really recovered from the collapse of their gaming business.
But you’re right - both of the companies 68000-based computers had a great deal going for them, expecially the Amiga.
However, success in business is about longevity and strategy, and Steve Jobs knew how to do that.
I loved the early Macs, and had both Macs and PCs at work but prefered the Macs. At the time of the Mac II a great deal of innovative software came along to take advantage of the greatly upgraded capabilities. I still can’t find software today that does for me what I had back then.
My Amigas (had the original and the second version with card box) were fun but so poorly supported that I had to let them go.