I don't remember where I found this, so I apologize for not giving credit.
This is an article about what the Macintosh almost was, and why it stopped being that.
https://www.exolymph.news/2017/07/27/alternate-computer-universes/
It's really interesting, and taught me things I didn't know.
@ajroach42 I've been reading a book on the history of games on Macs which has a lot of early Mac history things as well and which I'd heartily recommend https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-History-Mac-Gaming/dp/1783524863
@theoutrider Yes! This is a good book.
The Mac is such an interesting, frustrating piece of tech.
@ajroach42 I love the bit in it about the specs for the network adapter getting leaked to user groups who then soldered their own at home and immediately after the trade show where it got released assembled in a pizzeria with their macs and bootleg network cards for what may well have been the world's first home-user LAN party
and the Pippin chapter
etc etc