From the pages of PC Magazine: How we covered Apple's greatest hits and misses
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PC MAG — PC Magazine’s original mission statement, back in 1982, didn't involve the wide-ranging tech coverage we do today. Our inaugural issue bore the tagline "The Independent Guide to the IBM Personal Computer." Apple products didn't fit the bill, but the company was ultimately too big a presence in the computing world to ignore.
As early as our July 23, 1985 issue, the print magazine featured a 23-page analysis titled "IBM vs. Apple: Is Mac Ready for Business?" We debated the utility of Apple's early printers and frequently referenced major Apple products that predated our founding, such as the Apple II, which launched nearly five years before our first issue.
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