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.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, he believes Apple may not hold an October event to announce Mac and iPad Pro updates with M2 chips. The M2 chips were unveiled at WWDC this summer. Does Apple have enough new features still hiding to justify holding an October event with the media? “It seems unlikely,” says Gurman. […]
Apple on Monday expanded its Self Service Repair program to M1 MacBook models. On Tuesday, the company published repair manuals for M1-powered MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks and started accepting orders for genuine replacement parts through its Self Service Repair Store. The repair gurus at iFixit could be happier with Apple's implementation, though. iFixit...
An Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s sold at auction on Thursday for a whopping $677,196 USD in Boston, Massachusetts (via CP24). A Bay Area collector who wishes to remain anonymous is the new owner of the prototype. According to RR Auction, the auction house that arranged the sale, this unit has some pretty rich...
