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biofox | 28 days ago

What was the reasoning behind that?

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Dwedit|28 days ago

It's because the Apple I had no built-in BASIC, and booted to a Monitor prompt. It was hard to use without a manual in front of you.

Meanwhile, the Apple II just let you put in a disk and boot a program. Huge difference in usability.

paulryanrogers|28 days ago

Probably to reduce support costs.

I recall my junior high school had only Apple IIs in 1995.