This Another type of auction that is absolutely crazy in terms of the amount of money a person can pay by an Apple team. We’re no longer talking about the clothes or items Steve Jobs owned. 1983 Apple Macintosh prototype but with 5.25-inch Twiggy disk drive gave up on this in favor of a Sony unit due to obvious performance issues. It’s one of only three existing prototypes in the world, and just look at this: label on which you can see unit #M0001.

Auction for 1983 Apple Macintosh that could reach a new record

These are one of the objects valued by collectors and fans of the bitten apple brand. who have sufficient resources to be a part of the above mentioned auction. The proprietary Twiggy unit is owned by Apple and, according to AppleInsider, Steve Jobs ordered the destruction of equipment that was already in pre-production because the unit in question had a defect.. Apparently only two models were up for auction in previous years. One of them was sold for $150,000 in 2019, and the other was sold for $99,995 in 2012.

Interesting prototype of the 1983 Apple Macintosh with Twiggy drive

It is also accompanied by a keyboard with serial number M01000 and a prototype connector. The most curious thing is that once the software starts working, the applications contain notifications provided by Steve Jobs as instructions. The model will be auctioned by Bonham in New York between October 13-23. The average initial sale price is between $80,000 and $120,000.. We have no doubt that if this prototype works smoothly, it will exceed these prices and possibly exceed the 150,000 in previous tenders.

This is part of the description, which can be seen on the auction house’s website:

Macintosh personal computer, Apple Computers Inc, Cupertino, CA, [1983]5-1/4-inch “Twiggy” disk drive with corresponding slot on front panel, mouse prototype, keyboard prototype. Includes logic board 820-0086-00, copyright 1983, with Jean-Michel Folon “Mac Man” (Mr. Macintosh) on side, also includes 512 EPROM adapter board featuring “Mac Man”, contained in preproduction molded plastic case, 330 x 245 x 250 mm features a smooth plastic front panel and a textured plastic casing inside with the Macintosh team’s signature.

Apple Macintosh 1983 M0001

A little history about the 1983 Mac

This is the beginning of the Mac success storyRemember when Steve Jobs took the iconic photo with the product (the suit in the photo was recently auctioned). It was a personal project led by Jef Raskin, with a computer that was easy to use and surpassed what we saw on the Lisa. It caught the attention of Steve Jobs in 1981 when he took charge of this project and changed the concept towards a “friendly and personal computer”..

According to the auction house, His attitude was “maverick” as he wanted this product to be super cool. It was the first example of a product with an operating system running solely on its own hardware, the basis of what is today Apple.

Twiggy units proved unreliable after use on Lisa and they did not want to make mistakes in the future.. The company’s own 3.5-inch drive was developed based on an existing Sony unit, with support from Alps, also of Japan. In the end, trouble was imminent as they couldn’t complete development and They completely trusted Sony with complete secrecy and confidentiality so that Jobs would not find out..

Time witnessed one of the best SuperBowl commercials in 1984, when the Macintosh was introduced. The team responsible for its development and the mentality of Steve Jobs were important keys. Steve Wozniak classified it as follows: An event that changed their lives and those of the users forever.. By chance Comparable to last major change for Macs (and for iPads in the background), The arrival of Apple Silicon where there is an important replication of what has been done in the past and what still works in recent years: relying on own software and hardware development for a single product. The latter also forms the basis for today’s iPhone and other Apple products.

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