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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Dec 16, 2025 at 1:50:48 PM MST, "CrudeSausage" wrote   
   <6941c628$0$21959$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>:   
      
   >> Nope.   
   >>   
   >> Because you haven't even supported your first claim that:   
   >>   
   >> 'Jobs wanted to give people the IMPRESSION that their machines were   
   >> premium by charging more.'   
   >>   
   >> Actually building premium machines isn't giving people an impression   
   >> that they're premium.   
   >   
   > The Apple ][ was built better than the plastic competition, I'll give   
   > you that much. Nevertheless, it was capable of much less than even   
   > Atari's machines.   
      
   I am NOT an expert in the others, but from what I saw nothing compared to the   
   old AppleWorks. Of course that is just one class of software.   
      
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