20th Anniversary Mac unboxing
May. 27th, 2008 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brrmYou're all going to think I'm deeply sad, but I don't care! This is awesome:
Unboxing of a never-opened 20th Anniversary Mac.
These were released in 1997. After so-so sales at $7500 (shock!) they slashed the price to circa $1800. I was working in Los Angeles at the time, and put myself on the waiting list for one (via my boss, who could get an educational discount). After a few weeks, it looked like I wasn't going to get it. So I changed tack and bought a Powerbook 2400c/180. However, it turned out that my boss stayed on the waiting list, and got it. Doh!
At its introduction, the TAM was probably the pinnacle of Apple's self-importance. Lucky buyers would have it delivered by a white-suited concierge service, who would set up the computer for you. It had leather palmrests and a Bose sound system. I'm hoping to grab one for my collection one day, but I suspect they are frighteningly expensive nowadays (only 12,000 were made).
More info here.
Unboxing of a never-opened 20th Anniversary Mac.
These were released in 1997. After so-so sales at $7500 (shock!) they slashed the price to circa $1800. I was working in Los Angeles at the time, and put myself on the waiting list for one (via my boss, who could get an educational discount). After a few weeks, it looked like I wasn't going to get it. So I changed tack and bought a Powerbook 2400c/180. However, it turned out that my boss stayed on the waiting list, and got it. Doh!
At its introduction, the TAM was probably the pinnacle of Apple's self-importance. Lucky buyers would have it delivered by a white-suited concierge service, who would set up the computer for you. It had leather palmrests and a Bose sound system. I'm hoping to grab one for my collection one day, but I suspect they are frighteningly expensive nowadays (only 12,000 were made).
More info here.
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Date: 2008-05-27 10:25 am (UTC)I'm also amused by one of the commenters saying "therefore the machine with its tiny screen, bad graphicscard and processor is not really usable anymore". Did he really think they were buying it to use as their main computer or something?
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Date: 2008-05-27 02:20 pm (UTC)Probably quite normal for people not to have time to watch someone set up the machine not wanting to leave a stranger in the house. Then a few people with too much money then probably would have never got round to it themselves.