Does anyone know what kind of sales figures Apple acheived with the compact Macs in the end, from the original Mac up to the Color Classic?
I don't know if Apple ever made these sales figures public, but it'd be nice to know if they did, or if someone has some insider info on it.
Wikipedia has a small mention of early Mac sales, but I can't find anything relating to the 512K, Plus, SE, and so on:
And why do I ask? Mainly curiosity for these types of things. It would be nice to know how rare the stuff we are collecting is, sometimes it's just hard to gauge really. Most models of Mac, even the original, seem to pop up on eBay quite often, so none of the compacts seem all that "rare" just yet (except perhaps the Color Classic II, and very specific versions of some of the models that were only sold in certain markets etc?).
I don't know if Apple ever made these sales figures public, but it'd be nice to know if they did, or if someone has some insider info on it.
Wikipedia has a small mention of early Mac sales, but I can't find anything relating to the 512K, Plus, SE, and so on:
I imagine the Plus sold a lot of units, because it was in production for so long:At first, the Macintosh 128K suffered from a dearth of available software compared to IBM's PC, resulting in disappointing sales in 1984 and 1985. It took 74 days for 50,000 units to sell.
Although the Mac Plus would become overshadowed by two new Macs (the Macintosh SE and the Macintosh II) in March 1987, it remained in production as a cheaper alternative until the introduction of the Macintosh Classic on October 15, 1990. This made the Macintosh Plus the longest-produced Macintosh ever, having been on sale for 1,734 days, until the 2nd generation Mac Pro that was introduced on December 19, 2013, surpassed this record on September 18, 2018.
And why do I ask? Mainly curiosity for these types of things. It would be nice to know how rare the stuff we are collecting is, sometimes it's just hard to gauge really. Most models of Mac, even the original, seem to pop up on eBay quite often, so none of the compacts seem all that "rare" just yet (except perhaps the Color Classic II, and very specific versions of some of the models that were only sold in certain markets etc?).