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Apple 1 computer goes up for auction, expected to fetch $200,000

A 1976 Apple 1 computer, one of just 200 ever built, will go up for auction through Christies on November 23rd, with the Mac expected to fetch around $200,000.

Each Apple I computer was hand-built by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.



The device going up for sale is #82 of the 200, and will sell with original packaging, manuals and a letter from CEO Steve Jobs.

Apple I computers have 8KB of memory and an eight-bit processor.

Reads the auction description:

"The first Apple computer, and the first personal computer with a fully assembled motherboard, heralding the home computer revolution.

"Introduced in July 1976, the Apple I was sold without a casing, power supply, keyboard or monitor. However, because the motherboard was completely pre-assembled, it represented a major step forward in comparison with the competing self-assembly kits of the day."

The auction house believes the computer will sell for up to £150,000 ($205,000 USD). It cost just under $700 to build in 1976.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 13 Nov 2010 14:51

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• hmmm77 (unverified)

  It would be funny if someone bought it for the 200k, and then smashed it in the parking lot for a demonstration against over priced, slow, hipster computers.

  13.11.2010 18:09 #1

• stuntman_

  Can it run Black Ops?
  

  
  
  
  

  13.11.2010 18:11 #2

• Gorgoroth

  No monitor I can understand, but no keyboard? How did people expect to run the damn thing? IT's not like nowadays where you can go to Wal-Mart and just pick up a keyboard for like 5 bucks!!!
  
  I played around with the Apple IIe back in the day, hell even programmed on one... My favorite computer from "back in the day" though was the TRS-80 Model IV... Big ass white elephant with two 5 and 1/4 inch disk drives, black and white monitor AND keyboard all self contained in one big ass bulky unit... Damn that machine was fun
  

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  13.11.2010 19:49 #3

• jookycola

  Of course it can Run Black Ops...it can run anything it's made by Apple. Everyone knows Apple is the best. /sarcasm
  

  
  

  13.11.2010 20:03 #4

• mike.m

  Like I've been saying over and over again, all Apple products are low performance, and overpriced. Guess this really proves my point this time. What's so special about this? It's only Apple and a 34-year old computer, it's not like you're buying lost treasure or the first computer ever built.
  
  Hmmmmm $200k, should I buy the World's fastest computer and have some spare change left, or should I buy spare parts of a computer that a smartphone can out-perform? Decisions Decisions.

  13.11.2010 21:05 #5

• stuntman_

  steve wosniaks fat sausage fingers have touched the parts thats what obviously makes it worth so much money
  

  
  
  
  

  14.11.2010 01:59 #6

• bankai987

  Originally posted by stuntman_: Can it run Black Ops? Probably... have you seen the graphics, looks pretty shitty to me. lol

  14.11.2010 02:50 #7

• dab0ne

  Originally posted by stuntman_: Can it run Black Ops? Why would you want it to? That game is trash!
  

  14.11.2010 05:44 #8

• escalante

  This is just ridiculous. I hope it fails utterly.

  14.11.2010 09:26 #9

• DVDBack23

  Originally posted by mike.m: Like I've been saying over and over again, all Apple products are low performance, and overpriced. Guess this really proves my point this time. What's so special about this? It's only Apple and a 34-year old computer, it's not like you're buying lost treasure or the first computer ever built.
  
  Hmmmmm $200k, should I buy the World's fastest computer and have some spare change left, or should I buy spare parts of a computer that a smartphone can out-perform? Decisions Decisions. Smartphone?? Try a flip phone from the mid-90s lol
  

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  14.11.2010 14:10 #10

• avoidz

  Apple haters will hate (and I'm no fan either), but that is a slice of computing history right there.
  

  15.11.2010 06:16 #11

• dEwMe

  Some rich moronic fanboy will buy it I'm sure. History maybe...but I have tossed a lot of history over the years...lol
  
  

  Just my $0.02,
  
  dEwMe
  

  15.11.2010 10:44 #12

• Cornholi0

  Originally posted by dEwMe: Some rich moronic fanboy will buy it I'm sure. History maybe...but I have tossed a lot of history over the years...lol
  My thoughts exactly. That thing looks like a lot of the stuff I threw out that was lying in my basement for many years. Why someone would want to pay 200k for it is beyond me.

  19.11.2010 13:58 #13

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