Pristine Apple I computer sold for $630,000 to anonymous buyer

One of the first Apple computers ever built recently sold at auction for a staggering €491,868 (~$630,000). The Apple I machine in question, one of around 200 or so that was hand-built by Steve Wozniak, now belongs to an anonymous Internet bidder.

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6 gran? why not. Although I would much rather have a working Altair, the true first PC ever built.

(shrug) It's the ole' supply and demand argument. If there's enough demand for it, people will pay it.

Being a 100% computer geek if I had that kind of disposable income, I'd probably be interested at that price too. Be quite the item to have on display in your home.

But will it run Cr...

um...that's 6 hund-gran!
And I agree with Tom. If I had that kind of disposable income, I would buy one too! (...maybe after I bought a ferrari)

The terms, "collectable"and "disposable income", coalesce at a certain point. That locus generates its own terminology. It becomes known as, "more money than brains".

The time tested tradition of collecting "etchings", is still likely a more certain path to getting you laid.

The pickup line the goes along with the Apple I is more likely to get you slapped or arrested. "Do you want to come over to my place and see two used up pieces of hardware, and one of them is a vintage computer".....?

Although, I suppose turnabout is fair play. It might be high time Adam invited Eve over to see his apple....(Bah, dum, dump)

I'd have to think real hard, before spending $6.30 (from fear of being able to sell it later for $6.00) for such show and tell (aka: dust collector).

Ohhh wait, thats 630,000.00 not 6.30. Never-mind, there no need in even thinking about it.

No, it won't run either of the "C" words, Chrome or Crysis. What warrants the 630 grand price tag, could be that it makes people look so dumb when they ask if it will....

Well that, and the fact you can't get jacked up with Chrome as your default browser, by way of a Google's drive by download.

On the subject of "C"'s
How many cassettes required to load Steve's stored consciousness into it ?

I'm guessing with a read/write rate of five or so seconds per kB, Apples answer to M.A.R.K.13 might not be too snappy a conversationalist

On a semi-related note; the Apple-1 owners manual

"But will it run Cr..."

yes, it can, if you replace this computer with new gaming rig

My, my, how witty, full of insight, timely, and clever this is...! You should have posted this under your real name, "Sherlock Trolmes"........

So steve jobs buy the ancient apple computer from beyond the grave, eh?

how about donating to sandy victims?

*dang, I'm so jealous I don't have the money to buy "display" items.

"But will it run Cr..."
nah, crysis will run from it.

"how about donating to sandy victims?"

That's why it's called conspicuous consumption. It's conspicuous, and it consumes resources that could be used to save lives or feed starving people or donate books to budget-starved schools. Like driving your Hummer down to the supermarket to pick up something trivial. It's a way to flip off the rest of the world, strut like a rooster and show off your chicken-level IQ. The new owner must be very proud.

Ohh my, what an insinuation. You know what else, I completely agree with you.

However you never know, the money could have gone to a good cause and the PC could have been buried to signify Apples downfall (ahhhhh wellllll, if only dreams came true).

That's what pisses me off most about this whole sordid affair! I could have bought a half dozen Hummers with the money this guy pissed away on that stinking old computer......(wait for it)....ROFLMAO

Maybe the person who sold it donated the money to Sandy. :s

People have right to strut their stuff...it's theirs.
I'm more concerned about people that intentionally harm others (criminals), there's enough of them in our world.

Well, I`ve never said Apple products are overpriced, but... hmm, I wonder how much the first iphone would sell in about 36 years, I`d better hold on to it.

It's people like you that give Ebay a bad name....

"But even still, systems of this caliber aren’t particularly rare which makes it even more surprising that someone was willing to pay so much for it."

I'm not surprised. Look at the iPhone. There are plenty of people out there willing to overpay for outdated tech.

Not a big surprise really, Apple owners are still paying a fortune for underspecced and outdated tech today.