It was 13 years and one day ago that the Apple II was finally removed from Apple’s product line. The Apple II was the computer that made Apple, Inc. into a major player in the computer and electronics industry. It was introduced to great fanfare at the West Coast Computer Faire in 1977, and over the years more than 2 million Apple II’s in various configurations were sold.

It outsold the Macintosh line until 1991 – 1992. Wikipedia says “The Apple II remained the company’s primary revenue source for years: the Apple II and its associated community of third-party developers and retailers was once a billion-dollar-a-year industry.”

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Apple II History

Here’s to you, Apple II!

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  • VictorMarch 26, 2007 at 6:38 pm

    I believe their original render farm was Linux-based… back when they made the movie it was virtually done when 6 weeks before the release date, they decided to make it a musical and redid practically the entire thing!