Steve Jobs Saw What So Many Missed
I got interested in personal computing before I became interested in technology, and I used my Mac SE 20 almost entirely as a word processor. I'd tried using PCs, but the arcane command and file structures seemed more of a hindrance than a help to my writing.
In contrast, the Mac was a revelation that fully deserved its "the computer for the rest of us" sobriquet. Quite simply, it worked.
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