90-94? Apple being touted *by the press* as a Windows killer? No.
By 90, Apple had been pigeonholed as a high-end niche maker and relegated to the same section of coverage as NeXT.
NeXT actually got better press. Take a look at BYTE from that era. The library should have copies.
Sorry bub, I lived it, I know the truth. And the truth is barely a month went by during those years when some magazine didn’t tout Apple as the Windows killer. Pretend the golden era didn’t exist if it helps your need to feel like Apple is put upon but the truth is the truth and the truth is in the early 90s Apple was cast as the Windows killer. Look it up in your own library.
Of course NeXT got better press, NeXt was an amazing system, also amazingly over priced, but fricking amazing.