Stephen King famously did a lot of his work on typewriters, and often claimed it was part of his creative process. Not a great example, as publishing had odd ecosystems up until Aldus PageMaker (1985) revolutionized later Mac markets.

The Lisa was simply a delusional mismatch from the kits and retail consumer products Apple had sold up to that point.

No different from NVIDIA inferring a $12k RTX 6000 GPU is for gamers, when a $500 PS5 or $800 steam deck is also popular with home users. =3

"The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes." (Theodor Reik)