I’m trying to remember what level our first Apple was. I’m thinking it was a 2e. I bought it to run the professional software I bought. The computer was definitely not made out of wood. Which came first, the 2e or the 2c?
The IIe came first.
The Apple I was built by Woz in his parents’ garage, and sold as a bare board to interested parties at the local user group meeting.
The Apple II went through seven revisions (firmware mostly), including the Apple II+, then the IIe came out (late 1983, I got mine in 1984); all the Apple II models had metal baseplates and plastic cases, AFAIK. I parted my IIe system out, hmm, over 20 years ago, kept the IIgs, have some components around from Apple II systems, including a IIc (bought for $10, have never fired it up) that needs a little work on its power cord (brick on a leash). The IIc came out, hmm, circa 1985, drove AppleWorks sales and vice versa. Also, as a quasi-laptop, appeared in the movie “2010” in the beach scene.