This was because Woz liked repeating digits.
reply~$3,800 in 2026 dollars.
replyWhy, for $3800, you can now get a brand new Apple computer with a million times the RAM!
replyIt would be a cancellable offense today
replyFrom everything I've seen, I doubt it.
replyIncluding 8K of "RAM memory", brought to you by the DRD Department!
replyNot really. The Apple I was discontinued within a year of release, if you saved that money until 1978 then you could get an Apple II that would be supported for almost 20 years give-or-take.
replyPart of the reason the Apple I is so rare, is that Apple offered an Apple I trade in program. Apple would destroy the boards of Apple Is that were traded in for Apple IIs.
reply* Not that there was really many to begin with.
What was the reasoning behind that?
replyIt's because the Apple I had no built-in BASIC, and booted to a Monitor prompt. It was hard to use without a manual in front of you.
replyMeanwhile, the Apple II just let you put in a disk and boot a program. Huge difference in usability.
Probably to reduce support costs.
replyI recall my junior high school had only Apple IIs in 1995.
But very really if you bought it and kept it until now.
replyEven better, what if I had invested that money in Apple stock instead? :)
replyI use to muse if I put the money I spent on computer gear back in the day instead into woodworking tools, I'd not only have a bigger, better shop than Norm Abrahm, all of the tools would probably still work.
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