Sorry, wrong on that one. I've owned quite a few, actually. I've even got a IIci wrapped up in the hopes that one day it'll be worth big $.
Tell you what, you go and get a handful of folks from the office, the mall, at church, whereever. You ask 'em what Mac apps they like the most, or if they don't have a Mac, which Mac apps they wish they had. You'll most likely get a big blank stare. Roll the calendar back a decade, and I could name a load of good Mac-only apps; Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress. All those are now available on Windows, along with pretty much the entire Adobe suite, which pretty much made up what was worthwhile on the Mac anyway. QuarkXPress of course is Quark, Inc., and they've done a good job of wrecking their own product, but that's another story.
Back to my point. In summary, if there was decent software for the Mac, and only for the Mac, you'd hear Apple say something besides "It does Windows!" If Macs are so great, why do they keep trying to be Windows boxes?
If you think 1) that a 1989 Macintosh IIci is in any way related to a modern OS X Mac, or 2) that it will someday be worth big $, then 1) you are Mac ignorant and 2) you've got a long wait (although footnote 7 on the link above might give you some hope).I've owned my share of IIcis. About 10 years ago I bought about 20 of them on eBay for a local charity. They used them for the next five years. Average price? About $35. I've also thrown away my share of IIcis... and paid the dump to take them because they are considered hazardous waste now. I suggest you do the same thing with yours.
Back to my point. In summary, if there was decent software for the Mac, and only for the Mac, you'd hear Apple say something besides "It does Windows!" If Macs are so great, why do they keep trying to be Windows boxes?
They aren't. The Windows ability in a Mac (some pundits say they run Windows better than Windows boxes do) is a "security blanket" for you Windows users who are tempted to switch but don't want to lose the training wheels. It's there for people like you who think there are no good apps for the Mac... Most switchers I have known have switched and never looked back. They find the apps are BETTER than the Windows apps for the same purpose. Check out the experience of a Newspaper PC columnist in Australia who switched in the last two months.
Doubt it, but if you happen to have a fully-functional Apple I lying around...
A decade ago all were available for the PC, although Illustrator was FAR behind the Mac version in capabilities. Most of the Adobe stuff worked better on Macs due to the severe limitations of Windows, especially in color management. Actually, it's still better on Mac due to the superior system-wide color management in OS X.