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@splorp@mastodon.social @proedie@mastodon.green @likesoldmacs@bitbang.social @morgant@mastodon.social @falken@qoto.org I do think it's safe to say that an $8K tablet would've bombed worse than Newton ever did. They'd have sold three, one to Sculley's mother. Newton the product wasn't a success, but Newton the idea was a *huge* success. The PalmPilot was basically Newton as it should have been: smaller, lighter, less capable but less expensive. If Apple had built a "Newton Mini" before Palm did, who knows—iPhone could've been an update to an existing product line.