That certainly does make sense many of machines in the 80s were just the machine it self

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Yep, Apple was at the height of its greed with Jean-Louis Gassée and John Scully practically giddy with the prospect of charging ultra premiums since they believed they had the monopoly on the GUI.

Here's the proof the SE lacked a keyboard:

http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/ads/ads/macintosh/sespecs4.jpg