Comment by flomo

> "the Macintosh itself was not a commercial success" which is another strange claim

Macintosh was in fact not successful for many years, and Apple survived by chanting "Apple II Forever!" at their legacy edu market.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcjlhFVTY50

Also the fail Apple III was Jobs' machine.

Scully and Gasse made the Macintosh II line successful by marketing expensive workstations to creative professionals. That was against Jobs' "vision" so of course he discounts it. One thing which has never changed: Apple won't lift their finger unless they get a 30% margin.