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From the Commodore PET wikipedia page: "A series of problems meant that production versions did not begin to arrive until December 1977, by which time the TRS-80 and Apple II had already begun deliveries."

As far as I could ever tell, nobody had these older Commodores, well maybe some schools. IIRC I only saw one years later when they were already retro. Although one could justifiably say there were retro the year of release, looking like they were from some 60's sci-fi movie.

I'm surprised to see how much cheaper they were than the Apple ][ according to wikipedia, although I shouldn't be. A school paper I did in 1994 was to compare and contrast the different computers my family considered before buying a //e that summer. It was only then that I realized how unaffordable the Apple computers were in comparison to everything else, especially the Commodore 64. I couldn't find anything justifiable for my paper to justify the choice. Even back then being an Apple fan was more about style and intangibles. And Ultima III.