• Bloefz@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Oh I didn’t realize they actually sold it as a product. I thought it never left the lab, sorry.

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      2 days ago

      It cost $32,000! That’s $120,000 in now money, it was like luxury car money or small house in the sticks money.

      One of Apple’s early tricks was efficient board designs with low chip counts that let the charge less (I know, it’s hard to imagine now). The Macintosh was many of the same features, a friendlier design, and cost $2500, which was still really nice used car money in 1985.