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The new pro Macs sold quite well, proving to Steve that he was right about Apple’s customer base. He knew that a lot of Mac users had refrained from
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buying new computers throughout 1995 and 1996, not because they wanted to switch to Windows, but because they were afraid that Apple
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would disappear. It was a widespread feeling within the Apple community while Cupertino kept releasing bad products and accumulating losses.
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When Steve Jobs came back and insufflated the company with confidence in the future, sales started rising again. So much so that at Macworld 1998,
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on January 8, he announced on stage that Apple was back to profitability. For the first time since 1996, it had made a $45 million profit in the last
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quarter of 1997.
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<p>
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But Apple’s biggest hit was yet to come. When Steve came back at Apple, a
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team was working on a so-called NC machine, for “network computer.” It was commonly thought at the time that personal computers were living their
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last days before their complete
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</p>
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</div>
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