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Additionally, the API for the system was very large, filling several books.

Implementing a GX program was no easy feat, even though the development was supposed to be much easier.

This was not a problem of the GX architecture itself, but a side effect of the " all inclusive " nature of the system — a problem most Apple products of the era suffered from ( see PowerTalk for instance ).

As a result, the developer appeal was limited ; a lot of effort would be required to use the system in programs, and the resulting application could only run on a subset of the installed base — let alone the upcoming Windows 95, which was then in the midst of an unprecedented media blitz.

The number of GX-based ( as opposed to GX-compatible ) programs could be counted on one hand.