A friend who is a CPA bought an Apple ][+ to run his business from home. He used VisiCalc (the first "killer app"). It was a lot more versatile than the huge Burroughs that was on display for a long time. In 1982, I worked for a small company that specialized in dental office automation using a TRS80 model 2 with extension floppy drives and daisy wheel printer to print insurance forms. It also handled appointments, reminder cards, etc. Around 1984, I noticed an unused Apple Lisa 1 (with Twiggy drive!) at a client. That was my first word processor! I used it for my documentation. No manual or training needed! Just poke around and things were quite natural! Dow Jones Telerate explored using single board computers and touch-screen terminals for their newswire service. Newswire services were not afraid to make custom hardware such as ISA interface cards. This was before ALL hardware became "just a commodity". Not just COTS but downright disposible :-( A friend who worked at a large scale printer remembers Syquest drives using Apple/iMac formats were the primary media/format for submission. The artistic community still favors Apple platforms. I attended a trade show for broadcasters. Apple notebooks/tablets are now used in lieu of cameras and for video editing in the field. -- jeff jonas