[agumonkey]

Are you sure about your last point ? I was a kid so I can't be too certain, but the graphical (photo, movies, a bit of architecture, not 3d though) industry was heavy on Macs quite early on. Even music studio used Mac workstations (with additional audio hardware).

[normloman]

Macs had success in the education markets and among artists / filmmakers / musicians. That's a small market. Despite their advanced hardware and mature interface, early macs lost to PCs because PCs were cheaper and more open (software could run on any IBM compatible machine rather than just macs).

[Zelphyr]

Apple was big in the 80's, no doubt about it, but they were small potatoes compared to the behemoth they are now.

[agumonkey]

As their market.