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Q&A: Why does Apple call their computers ‘Macs’?

Posted on March 11, 2021

Question from Marion.:  Why are computers made by Apple called Macs?

That seems like a really odd name for a computer.

It actually sounds more like something you’d find on the menu at McDonald’s.

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

$667 Apple 1 computer sells at auction for $365,000

Posted on December 15, 2014

apple-1-auctionSteve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer Corporation on a shoestring back in the 1970’s with Wozniak hand-building approximately 200 Apple 1 computers, which Jobs then sold for a then-hefty $667 each.

According to the Apple 1 Registry, only 63 of those hand-built Apple 1’s are known to still be in existence. One of them just sold at auction for a whopping $365,000!

This particular machine is the last one known to be hand-built by Wozniak and then sold by Jobs. It’s amazing what a little nostalgia and rarity can do to an item’s price tag.




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