“That’s one viewpoint. The apps, thousands of which became available for the Apple II. That wasn’t the primary reason for most people. “
The spreadsheet was the driving force. Apple had VisiCalc for about a year before the others started getting it.
Then along came Lotus 1-2-3 and boom! No one in our office touched an apple after that.
Yes, 1-2-3 killed Apple in the office. Our office standardized on 1-2-3, which was hilarious because it was inferior to others and quickly got obsolete by better programs. Even Supercalc was better, which I think came out before 1-2-3, features in Supercalc were incorporated into Excel years later. Those were crazy times.