(01-03-2018 06:15 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  I45 is right; Apple has never dominated the personal computer market. Hell, Commodore was closer to domination than Apple ever was...



Whippersnappers don't know nuthin.

ETA: I think my smart aleck remark may be a violation of this board's AUP. Apologies!

To the OP: Is it really that big of a deal if, say, Facebook is a monopoly? I don't think I worry too much about one social networking platform dominating all others. The barrier to entry for digital entities is near zero. MySpace was pretty dominant at one point.

I'm a bit uncomfortable when a more substantial business like Google starts crowding out my choices but I'm even more uncomfortable with government intervention to reign them in.

That chart doesn't have the Apple II and Apple IIe, only the Mac, which was never a big player. Apple was the first one truly in the home market, but not for long.