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Apple only exists because of Microsoft. They were on the edge of bankruptcy until MS was under fire, and tossed some money their way to keep from being a monopoly...
And as damarrin pointed out, Linux came out later. Though there were the BSDs, they weren't in a great state at the time. And 'cheap' to most consumers is 'it comes with the computer'.
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And the "Mac vs. PC" (or "Amiga vs. PC" for that matter) was entirely different case. Yes, spec-vise IBM PC was inferior (and overpriced to boot), but it had the core element: Open Architecture -- that ultimately helped it win the war. While the "IBM PC" models were inferior, numerous "IBM PC clones" (soon to be called "IBM PC compatible" and shortly after just "PC") surpassed everything.
So, in a sense, the better product won. (Not that it made IBM any good, but still…)
The reason that Amiga "lost", is that Commodore failed with their own PC Clones, and lost an huge amount of money which put them out of business. The hardware and OS was far to superior then what IBM PCs had to offer at this point and for years after that!
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Not to mention not giving R&D Engineers enough money, spending it instead on vacations, and of course spending time on dumb things (like the A600 when they already had AGA systems). Then there is the 'me too!' of the CD32...
Also, the IBM models were actually far superior to the crap that Compaq and Packard Bell put out. They just made them so much cheaper, so more people bought those than Big Blue.