> but it seemed the IBM PC was pretty clearly going to be a big deal,
Maybe. But then we still had machines like the Amstrad PCW.
> Early models used 3-inch floppy disks, while those sold from 1991 onwards used 3½-inch floppies, which became the industry standard around the time the PCW series was launched. [...]
> All models except the last included the Locoscript word processing program, the CP/M Plus operating system, Mallard BASIC and the LOGO programming language at no extra cost.
Maybe. But then we still had machines like the Amstrad PCW.
> Early models used 3-inch floppy disks, while those sold from 1991 onwards used 3½-inch floppies, which became the industry standard around the time the PCW series was launched. [...]
> All models except the last included the Locoscript word processing program, the CP/M Plus operating system, Mallard BASIC and the LOGO programming language at no extra cost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_PCW