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(ABC News)   Cool: Apple Computer 1, serial Number 22, goes up for auction starting at $80,000. Fark: No one bids on it. Come on people, this is vintage tech   ( abcnews.go.com) divider line
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MilesTeg
2012-10-10 02:31:43 PM  
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Donnchadha
2012-10-10 12:22:27 PM  
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Well, for only $5 more you could buy a brand new iMac
BoxOfBees
2012-10-11 03:53:10 AM  
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Earlier today I bought an Apple I computer that is an iconic piece of 1970s Americana, for eight dollars. So I've taken it to my buddy Rick to see if he can get restore it to its original condition. I just hope there's some money to be made on this thing.

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It cost a little more than expected, because we had to re-jigger the thingy-whos and Kowboy dropped the CPU in a vat of acid, but I think that you're going to be able to sell this computer and make a profit on this. I'm right at around $43,000 on this restoration. Let's go inside and do some paperwork.

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Geez, Rick, it can't even run Crysis 2. You overpaid for this one. I would've gone $4 max.
theurge14
2012-10-10 05:02:20 PM  
1 vote:
Forget it, the Samsung I had a larger screen.
Saborlas [TotalFark]
2012-10-10 04:11:03 PM  
1 vote:
You know what's also vintage tech?

This year's iMac.
PsyLord
2012-10-10 03:30:37 PM  
1 vote:
Apparently this is the non-functional Apple 1 (missing some DRAM) that an Apple employee is trying to sell.

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'Listen, I would love to purchase this for $80k, but it's missing some DRAM. And in this non-functional state, with it missing it's original box, the best I can do is maybe $5.'
Makh [TotalFark]
2012-10-10 12:22:02 PM  
1 vote:
What's wrong with you? You never buy the first version of Apple anything. Wait until the second or third version before they have worked out all of the bugs.

It probably doesn't even have a retina display.
xynix
2012-10-10 11:16:47 AM  
1 vote:

FirstNationalBastard: B-b-b-but... Steve Jobs may have sweated on this!

YOU NEED STEVE JOBS SWEAT!


I don't think Steve Jobs ever broke a sweat..
GAT_00
2012-10-10 10:52:53 AM  
1 vote:
Come on, you can totally use this with your iPhone! The OS is still the same!
 
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