and was a driving force behind Apple's policy of absurdly-priced computers for the elite when the PC clonemakers were busy saturating the market with comparatively affordable machines,
How is this different from the way Apple is now?
"I'd like a tower, please."
"That'll be $3000."
"WTF?!"
One home PC build and a trip to insanelymac.com later, and you're $2100 richer and
still have a mac.