We had an original IBM PC purchased in late 1983 as I recall. Kept that going until we got a 386sx in 1991. I was always a PC guy until someone gave me a complete Mac Plus around '96 or '97.
Macs were wickedly expensive back in the day. A base model Plus was what, $2500? Adding a hard drive would set you back another $1500 or so, a printer was around $800, or $4K if you wanted a fancy new LaserWriter. A couple years later you could get color if you could afford to drop close to $10K on a well equipped Mac II, more than many brand new cars cost at the time. PCs cost a lot more then than they do now too, but they were still about half or less the cost of a similarly equipped Mac.
It's funny to look back at all the Mac vs PC flame wars that raged on for years though. I wondered at times if anyone actually used their computer of choice for anything other than writing letters mocking the other side.
Macs were wickedly expensive back in the day. A base model Plus was what, $2500? Adding a hard drive would set you back another $1500 or so, a printer was around $800, or $4K if you wanted a fancy new LaserWriter. A couple years later you could get color if you could afford to drop close to $10K on a well equipped Mac II, more than many brand new cars cost at the time. PCs cost a lot more then than they do now too, but they were still about half or less the cost of a similarly equipped Mac.
It's funny to look back at all the Mac vs PC flame wars that raged on for years though. I wondered at times if anyone actually used their computer of choice for anything other than writing letters mocking the other side.