When I was a teen, I knew other students that owned (or had access to) Commodore 64's (like myself), Vic-20's, Tandy Model-III's, Timex-Sinclair 1000's, or TI-99's to name a few. However, I didn't meet a single person that owned an Apple ][ until my first year of university in 1987. In fact that was the only one I had seen until I got this one. They were just too expensive for most people.