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anthktoday at 7:26 AM1 replyview on HN

>Yes, they were very strong in print, graphics, design, photography, etc. but not only in those markets. Richer types used them as home computers. I also worked on Macs in the music and dance businesses and other places.

So, A/V production, something I said too. My point still stands. Macs in Europe were seen as something fancy for media production people and that's it. Something niche for the arts/press/TV/cinema world.


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lproventoday at 11:25 AM

Nope. Wrong. My own extensive personal experience, travelling and working in multiple countries. Not true, never was.

Like I said, and you missed: but not only there.

People often mistake "Product A dominates in market B" -- meaning A outsells all others in B -- for "A only sells in market B."

Macs were expensive. Clone PCs were cheap. Yeah, cheap products outsell expensive ones. Doesn't mean that the expensive ones are some kind of fancy designer brand only used by the idle rich.

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