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 Posted: Wed, 24th Nov 2010 20:34 Post subject: They often say that Apple are overpriced pieces of shit.... |
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......and that's the truth
| Quote: | Apple I computer sells for $216,000
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 | 3:15 PM ET
ts processor works 1,000 times slower than that of the Apple iPad, but Apple's first computer has sold for 425 times the price.
The Apple I, one of only 200 such models ever made, was sold Tuesday at Christie's auction house in central London for £133,250, or about $216,000 Cdn.
It came with its original packaging and a signed sales letter from Steve Jobs, one of the co-founders of Apple Computer and the current CEO of Apple Inc.
When the Apple I was introduced in 1976, it was the only personal computer to come with a fully assembled motherboard, making it ready to use straight from the box — provided the user supplied a keyboard, power supply and monitor, Christie's said.
It sold for $666.66 and was available until it was discontinued in 1977.
Bidding on the Apple I came quickly, with the computer eventually going to Italian businessman and private collector Marco Boglione, who made his offer over the phone.
The buyer's brother, Francesco Boglione, who attended the auction in person, told The Associated Press that the purchase was a testament to his brother's love of computers.
"The first time I had heard of the idea of a personal computer, it was from Marco," Boglione said, adding his brother bought it "because he loves computers."
Enigma machine, Turing manuscripts also auctioned
Present at the technology auction, which also included manuscripts, prints and science-themed texts, was Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak, who agreed to add an autographed letter to the lot.
He said the auction was a historic moment for his work, especially when sold alongside such other technological greats as an Enigma, the German code-making machine, and writings of British mathematician Alan Turing, considered one of the founders of modern computing.
"Today, my heart went out as I got to see things auctioned off like the Turing documents and the Enigma machine — and the Apple I," Wozniak told journalists after the auction.
"It really was an important step, [even though] I didn't feel that way when I designed it."
He added that he was "very delighted for the gentleman who purchased it."
Boglione said his brother's newly purchased Apple I would likely be returned to working condition — and eventually join a collection of Apple computers.
Inside the auction house Tuesday afternoon, many patrons studied the sale catalog using Apple's iPads and iPhones — a sign of the times, said Julian Wilson, a specialist with Christie's books and manuscripts department.
"It is a fitting illustration of how computers have revolutionized the world," he said
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| Posted: Wed, 24th Nov 2010 20:36 Post subject: |
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It's a piece of technological history. I wouldn't (and couldn't) pay that price, but I can understand some tech nut would.
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| Posted: Wed, 24th Nov 2010 20:42 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | It's a piece of technologic history. I wouldn't (and couldn't) pay that price, but I can understand some tech nut would. |
I know but i never miss a chance to trash Apple
I fucking hate Steve Jobs and his shitty company.
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| Posted: Wed, 24th Nov 2010 20:47 Post subject: |
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It sold for $666.66
wha ?
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| Posted: Wed, 24th Nov 2010 21:12 Post subject: |
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lol that thing belongs in a museum, not someones home.
Regardless what people think of Apple computers now, they weren't that Apple back then.
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 03:04 Post subject: |
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this will look good on my shelf 
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 05:29 Post subject: |
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| Epsilon wrote: | | this will look good on my shelf |
i got one of those first apple laptops in a metal case that would look good on your shelf 
it works too...
only 150,000 nfohump special offer  
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 08:41 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | lol that thing belongs in a museum, not someones home.
Regardless what people think of Apple computers now, they weren't that Apple back then. |
Yeah, apple was a pioneer considering the GUI of an OS... But as all big greedy corporation they have turned to the dark side...
Or the white and shiny side that attracts ppl who fall for looks rather than actual performance 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 08:45 Post subject: |
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Seems cheap for a apple, if they had put a "i" in front they could have doubled the price.
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ? |
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 16:08 Post subject: |
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?? What's the point? It's an unusable piece of junk with a signature by someone who's short of a couple of marbles.
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 19:36 Post subject: |
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| Frant wrote: |
?? What's the point? It's an unusable piece of junk with a signature by someone who's short of a couple of marbles. |
Read the documentation on the pic: the Apple 1 is armed with a mind boggling 8Kbytes of RAM!!
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 21:08 Post subject: |
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Let us be honest once Apple computers were superior to PC's but these days it is overpriced design junk,
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Nov 2010 21:20 Post subject: |
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Steve Wozniak's signature would have been fitting but Steve Jobs? Isn't he just the marketing guy who never developed anything by himself?
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| Posted: Fri, 26th Nov 2010 19:29 Post subject: |
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| iconized wrote: | | Let us be honest once Apple computers were superior to PC's but these days it is overpriced design junk, |
Having a computer isn't cool anymore these days, it's just a necessity. So what do you do to make it cool again: make it look all expensive and fancy! And double the price just to be sure.
| Lopin18 wrote: | | I think you played too much Fallout 3, Pedo Perk acquired. |
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| Posted: Fri, 26th Nov 2010 20:12 Post subject: |
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| Rofl_Mao wrote: | | iconized wrote: | | Let us be honest once Apple computers were superior to PC's but these days it is overpriced design junk, |
Having a computer isn't cool anymore these days, it's just a necessity. So what do you do to make it cool again: make it look all expensive and fancy! And double the price just to be sure. |
Spoken like a true macfag 
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"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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