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New-in-box Apple II Sold on eBay

by Evan Shamoon on February 28, 2008 at 09:44 AM



In a bit of major interstellar concurrence, New York-based Web developer Dan Budiac just paid $2,600 on eBay to buy the same model Apple II he grew up with two decades ago. Which, oddly enough, is about $200 less than he'd pay for a brand new MacPro that came out less than two months ago.

The Apple IIc was still in the original packaging and had never been opened.

"When this auction came along, I knew I had to have it," Budiac said in an interview. "The prospect of unboxing a mint, 20-year-old computer was simply too good to pass up."

While collectors let out a collective gasp when Budiac opened the box not long after receiving it, you've got to give the man props for breaking the seal without regret. "Ultimately, I decided that I didn't buy it as a financial investment," he said. "I bought it so I could stay up until 4 o'clock in the morning playing Oregon Trail."

Please, for his sake, nobody tell this guy about emulators.

From Computerworld

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