Pretty dumb to bring up the apple I guess, but those other examples were computers that didn't have a whole lot of expansion capabilities. The keyboard and console were one unit, and there wasn't any room for adding in any sort of new cards, save maybe swapping out your old memory if you were willing to soder some new stuff in. There were competing platforms, but on any one of these platforms, the hardware was standardized. You also got better sound and graphics capabilities than on most PCs for cheap, and combined with the standardized hardware, this was a fertile ground for developing new games, while many PCs were still stuck in EGA. Also quite good for image creation and music sequencing, the ST in particular had a decent GUI at a relatively early stage.
I really didn't know much of the larger market enviornment at the time, but it seems like these things were more minority in america, were a big deal in europe for a while though. But these have basically disappeared now.
I really didn't know much of the larger market enviornment at the time, but it seems like these things were more minority in america, were a big deal in europe for a while though. But these have basically disappeared now.