This Wednesday, January 24, 2024 marks the fortieth anniversary of an object that has become a pop culture icon over the years. 40 years ago, Apple marketed the first Macintosh 128k, the first in a long line, a copy of which may be lying around in your attic and could earn you big bucks.
A computer and pop culture icon. This object that may be lying around in your attic can earn you big! This Wednesday, January 24, 2024 marks the anniversary of the first model of the Macintosh 128kfirst model in a long range of products Apple today well known to the general public. It was forty years ago and the model in question presented by Steve Jobs is far from the design of the current models from the Apple brand.
Equipped with a 9-inch screen and a floppy disk drive, this machine marks a step in the democratization of the personal computer. However, its price at the time was not accessible to all budgets: 2495 dollars in 1984 which would correspond to 7575 dollars todayas reported by the site Appleinsider. Nowadays, this object that may be lying around in your cellar or attic can bring you a nice sum of money. Some clever minds, fans of Steve Jobs or simple collectors have already understood this and do not hesitate to take advantage of it on online resale sites.
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Up to 3000 euros
Currently, the Macintosh 128k is available on e-commerce platforms like Ebay, Etsy but also ad sites between individuals like The good corner. The price of this electronic antique marketed in the 1980s by Apple varied from a few hundred euros up to 3000 euros. A fairly wide range which undoubtedly results from the state of conservation of the machine and a price likely to evolve over time and its scarcity on the market.
Especially since the Macintosh 128k seems to enjoy a certain number of collector fans since a buyer did not hesitate to pay the sum of 500 euros to acquire an empty cardboard box from the computeras reported Wired in 2002. Suffice to say that everything relating to this object from the 80s can potentially unleash passions.
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And this is not the only time where the first copy of a range of Apple products is the subject of a spectacular sale. As part of an auction held in the United States, the prototype of the Apple 1 – the first product put on sale by the American giant in 1976 – was sold $677,196. This was an authentic prototype. A scenario which was renewed more recently with the auction of a first generation iPhone for an amount of approximately 141,300 euros.
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