For superfans ofvintage Appleproducts , a working Apple Lisa 1 is the holy grail of collector ’s items . First released in 1983 , the pioneering information processing system ( thefirstto have a graphic interface and a computer mouse ) was a commercial-grade loser and only sold 100,000 unit , very few of which survived to the present 24-hour interval . But an eBay vender is offering up the super - rare chance to own one , asDesignTAXIreports .
The computer in question , sellingfor more than $ 55,000 as of January 8 , is in mint term . accord to the listing , it has only been turned on a few times .
As you could see in the video below , everything seems to be in workings rules of order .
The vendor estimates that there are only 20 to 100 Lisa 1s left in the world . And even for a Lisa 1 , this one is a rare machine . Lisa electronic computer , reportedlynamedafter Steve Jobs ’s daughter ( though there have been someother theoriesabout the name ) , were the onlymachinesApple released with its doomedTwiggydisk drives — a incorrect format that turned out to be improbably unreliable , leading to the mathematical product ’s downfall . Apple then released the Lisa 2 with received 3.5 - inch floppy disk drive , offering customers liberal upgrades for their Lisa 1 Twiggy drive .
Since most customers jump at the chance to make their $ 10,000 computer ( $ 24,700 in today ’s dollar bill ) go properly , Lisas that still have their original Twiggy drives are incredibly hard to find . The Lisa 1 on sales agreement still has its twinned Twiggy drives though , and they act , at least as well as the drives ever knead .
Whether the seller will really get his $ 55,000 is confutative . In 2010 , asimilarLisa 1 sell for just $ 15,000 . But the model seems to have gained a lot of value since then , since one sold for$50,000 in November 2017 .
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