I know it’s everywhere on the Internet now, but I love yesterday’s news about the mystery woman who donated a rare Apple 1 computer to a Silicon Valley recycling firm, when she was cleaning out the garage after her husband died.
As we all now by now, the boxes of computer parts contained a 1976 Apple 1, which the recycling firm sold for $200,000 in a private auction. And since the recycler’s policy is to split the proceeds 50-50 with the person who donated the equipment, a 100,000 USD check is now waiting for her… Will she ever go and fetch it?
This story made us wonder what an Apple 1 could look like in real life. Well, judging by the picture above, it can indeed be easily mistaken for garbage. But check out the more sophisticated options below, and your opinion will change right away. We love this first one with the homemade wooden computer case, but you won’t believe when you see the one in a briefcase below it. Oh, the dawn of computers…
via The Guardian, Wikipedia
