OSX turning more and more into iOS
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Eskema, that is a beautifully romantic idea that doesn't reflect the truth at all in my opinion. In the early 90's when Apple had just about broken global and Sculley was the CEO, Apple products were about 5xmore expensive than anything available in PC land. It was quite a painful stretch to gain entry to the platform which had aggressively targeted design and publishing to find its purpose, and in doing so forced an antiquated industry into a one-horse technology-based new era. And they knew what they were doing. Art colleges were targeted for high visibility promotional campaigns and their program of subsidised purchases for students did much to make people commit, but very little to ease the pain of doing so.
In order to remain 'competitive' in my second year of college I had to let blood to buy an LCII 4/40, a Mikrotek scanner, and an Apple laserwriter. The total bill was about £8k, and without it, as the college plainly explained to everyone at their mid-term reviews, I would be struggling to keep up on a course that had been re-programmed for digital devotion.
The college computer room had about 12 Mac Classics, one scanner and one laswerwriter, and about 300 students in total across all years. Priority went to graduating students in year three and the MA course, and the poor slubs in years one and two, who couldn't stub the money for their own kit were forced into a sort of third class existence, putting their names on the roster for a half hour slot once every two weeks and knowing that an MA student could take their place as a priority case on a whim.
So with due respect, i have to say that in my experience at least, what you said is utter horse shit.