Rare vs. Desirable

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sun Jul 12 01:57:06 1998

On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:

> Speaking of Mac Portables, how much would you pay for a very rare
> (prototype?) Mac Portable in a clear plastic case? I couldn't overcome my
> lack of love for Macs to pay the $300 asking price today (but somebody
> else did about an hour later).

Did they finally sell that stupid thing, or did they just say they did?
That dumb thing has been around for over a year now. Everytime I saw the
guy, he was "taking offers". I was going to offer $200-$300 next time I
saw it, but that was last year. It wasn't really a prototype, but rather
a special edition that was made by some rogue engineers inside Apple or
something like that for some comemorative event.

> What is it with Apple and clear plastic cases anyways? I think I remember
> clear plastic Apple ]['s at dealers. Did Apple do this for all of their
> models?

I was talking to a guy one day and he mentioned that it was a fad at one
point to build clone Apple ][s in clear plastic cases.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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