iFixit has performed a teardown of the original Macintosh on its 30th anniversary and it’s breathtaking. It’s pretty amazing to believe this computer was available 30 years ago in such a compact form along with its graphical user interface and mouse.
The original Mac retailed for $2,495—that’s $5,594.11 in today’s dollars. So what did you get for all that coin?
8 MHz Motorola 68000 processor
128 KB DRAM
9” black-and-white CRT display running at 512 x 342 (72 dpi)
400 KB total storage via a single-sided 3.5-inch floppy disk drive
Single-button mouse and hefty keyboard
iFixit gives the Macintosh 128K a repairability score of 7 out of 10 and proudly states there’s “no adhesive anywhere”, a contrast to Apple’s current products, which use copious amounts to hold parts together.
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