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   On 12/16/25 21:17, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:50:48 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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 don't know how much the demographic has changed but in the Apple II era   
   > I associated Apples with desktop publishing and other artsy stuff. If you   
   > wanted to do something like keep books for your small business you bought   
   > a CP/M box.   
      
   hmm...   
      
   One of the first times I ever saw a ][ was in a business office setting,   
   and they were trying out what we now call a 'spreadsheet'.  Circa 1980.   
      
   But you're right about the desktop publishing era and graphics ... just   
   that that period happened after the Macintosh launched in 1984.   
      
      
   > I wouldn't want to read too much into my ex has an iPhone and I have an   
   > Android :)   
      
   Android ... because she has an iPhone?  ;-)   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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