[7] After two years of lackluster sales, Apple attempted to salvage Lisa by redesigning some hardware components and renaming it as Macintosh XL.

Basing on the previous sale figures of Lisa, Apple ordered the limited number of parts as to last through 1985 before ending the production.

The redesign spurred a record number of orders for this addition to the Macintosh line, which caught Apple off-guard.

[8] Due to the limited number of parts ordered, Apple had sold its entire allocations of Macintosh XL for 1985 much earlier than anticipated.

Had Apple continued to manufacture Macintosh XL as to meet the demand at lower price, the company would have lost even more money on each unit.