
ĭamage to the computer's reputation had already been done, however, and it failed to do well commercially. The Apple III was formally reintroduced on November 9, 1981. Serious stability issues required a design overhaul and a recall of the first 14,000 machines produced. The system was announced on and released in late November that year. It had the internal code name of "Sara", named after Sander's daughter. Work on the Apple III started in late 1978 under the guidance of Dr. It was designed to provide key features business users wanted in a personal computer: a true typewriter-style upper/lowercase keyboard (the Apple II only supported uppercase) and an 80-column display.

Running the Apple SOS operating system, it was intended as the successor to the Apple II series, but was largely considered a failure in the market. The Apple III (styled as apple ///) is a business-oriented personal computer produced by Apple Computer and released in 1980. Business-oriented personal computer made by Apple Computer
