Comment by smallduck

"I will soon start a series of posts about the Apple IIgs, the most successful of the series." This https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/498 claims the 2e outsold the 2gs by more than 4 to 1. The former was in the market for far longer, was cheaper, and thus was the mainstay purchase for many mid/late-1980s schools.