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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday June 04 2015, @08:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the say-what??? dept.

The San Jose Mercury News reports

A South Bay [Milpitas, California] recycling firm is looking for a woman who, in early April, dropped off boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her house after her husband died. About two weeks later, the firm, Clean Bay Area, discovered inside one of the boxes a rare find: a vintage Apple I, one of only about 200 first-generation desktop computers put together by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne in 1976.

The recycling firm sold the Apple I this month for $200,000 to a private collection, Vice President Victor Gichun said. And now, because company policy is to split proceeds 50-50 with the donor, he's looking for the mystery woman who refused to get a receipt or leave her name.


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Tork on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:42PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:42PM (#192120)
    In stark contrast to every other manufactuter out there who only wants you to purchase their hardware once.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @04:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @04:36PM (#192146)

    In stark contrast to many other computer manufacturers who make their products modifiable and upgradeable.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @04:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @04:51PM (#192154)
      Your Macbook Pro has soldered in memory because it improves battery life by nearly 20%. Your Dell doesn't, and it's not out of altruism. Posted from my 3 year old iPhone running iOS 8.
      • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday June 04 2015, @05:57PM

        by bob_super (1357) on Thursday June 04 2015, @05:57PM (#192195)

        > Your Macbook Pro has soldered in memory because it improves battery life by nearly 20%.

        You don't know much about computers, do you?

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @06:06PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @06:06PM (#192201)

        That just makes the form factor smaller. It doesn't affect performance at all.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @06:32PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @06:32PM (#192217)
          Incorrect. It uses less power, battery life is a selling point of the Macbook line.
          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @07:27PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @07:27PM (#192232)

            Incorrect. It makes for a smaller form factor.

            (this is fun!)

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @07:34PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @07:34PM (#192236)
              The rebuttal was about your performance claim. Nice try, though.
              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @09:39PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @09:39PM (#192275)

                My rebuttal was about your penis size. Nice try, though.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @10:47PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @10:47PM (#192292)
                  Looks like I win on both counts. ;)
      • (Score: 1) by Absolutely.Geek on Thursday June 04 2015, @09:06PM

        by Absolutely.Geek (5328) on Thursday June 04 2015, @09:06PM (#192269)

        I wouldn't usually bother with replying to an AC....but 20% really......you don't know how electricty works do you.

        If you had claimed 1 - 2% I may have gone with a sure tha may be true but unlikely. But with a claim of 20% it is like you are either completely lacking understanding on the workings of electricity or you are trolling.

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