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Apple III: The Computer with a 100% Failure Rate | Bad Ideas with Al and Tony
Apple computers had a good thing going with the Apple II, but they had a problem. It was being bought by BUSINESSES! The Apple II was meant for hobbyists, nerds who wanted to play around with computer stuff, but now BUSINESSES were using it for SPREADSHEETS. Imagine the horror. Something had to be done to rescue those poor businesses from the terrible terrible clutches of the Apple II, and the thing Apple decided to do was to release a computer that didn't work. Like AT ALL. Because that's what businesses like.
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By Albert Berg, Tony SouthcotteApple computers had a good thing going with the Apple II, but they had a problem. It was being bought by BUSINESSES! The Apple II was meant for hobbyists, nerds who wanted to play around with computer stuff, but now BUSINESSES were using it for SPREADSHEETS. Imagine the horror. Something had to be done to rescue those poor businesses from the terrible terrible clutches of the Apple II, and the thing Apple decided to do was to release a computer that didn't work. Like AT ALL. Because that's what businesses like.