Last new Mac I bought was the 2006 Mac Pro. The first x86 tower. I still consider it a good value because it was modular and upgradable and I did do many repairs and upgrades to it over the 10 years I ran the thing. I wasn’t impressed with the cylinder, so my next machine after that was a hackintosh and I’m still using the hardware form that even though I stopped dual booting when Apple dropped 32bit support.
which period “back then” are you referring to? 1976 maybe? the Apple I was affordable (at just $666.66 😄) compared to other kits at the time, but the Apple II (1977) cost more than twice what a TRS-80 did and afaik since then Apple has always positioned itself as a premium brand.
i don’t recall them ever having a comparative-price-related marketing slogan or campaign, but maybe i’m forgetting something?
It actually was their slogan back then. Until they noticed people are dumb and easily manipulatable
Last new Mac I bought was the 2006 Mac Pro. The first x86 tower. I still consider it a good value because it was modular and upgradable and I did do many repairs and upgrades to it over the 10 years I ran the thing. I wasn’t impressed with the cylinder, so my next machine after that was a hackintosh and I’m still using the hardware form that even though I stopped dual booting when Apple dropped 32bit support.
which period “back then” are you referring to? 1976 maybe? the Apple I was affordable (at just $666.66 😄) compared to other kits at the time, but the Apple II (1977) cost more than twice what a TRS-80 did and afaik since then Apple has always positioned itself as a premium brand.
i don’t recall them ever having a comparative-price-related marketing slogan or campaign, but maybe i’m forgetting something?