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Comment by dlcarrier | original | How did Woz write the Apple 1 BASIC before building the computer?
[−]dlcarrier · 2026-11-15 Sun 06:40 UTC · link
HP sells more personal computers than Apple, and has for effectively as long as they've competed in the market, overtaking Apple in 1997.

They didn't bother Competing with Apple for nearly two decades, and once they entered the market, they were beating Apple about a year and a half after launch.

[−]tonyedgecombe · 2026-11-15 Sun 09:45 UTC · link
They never really made much money on it though, for a long time the only thing keeping the company afloat was printer ink.
[−]sgerenser · 2026-11-15 Sun 14:17 UTC · link
Also aren't HPs current PC division really a legacy from the Compaq acquisition?