My recollection is that the original Apple kit was $3000.
My Apple IIe with version a motherboard was a real deal at $1700 with
a new Epson FX80 printer. Still have it. It paid for itself in the
first year printing labels.
I can't remember what the IIGS GS cost, but I bought the color
monitor later for $500 on sale...Used the IIe drives, then eventually
was able to get a 3.5 drive. I used it until 1994, when I made a
leap to OS7.
The ticket for my Powerbook 165 was over $2000, and it was a return
of some form.
I read recently that the original laserwriter was $5500.
When I was doing research in 1998, the lab had a Mac IIfx, with maxed
out memory and a full stack of cards in it. I'd guess that was
$15,000 worth of hardware when new. Out of my price range...But the
taxpayers have plennybucks.
Prices were crazy. My first SE sold here for $5500. $7500 if you sprung
for the SE30! Still have it, and it works as well as day one. All my old
Macs work fine, they just became outdated. Bought a wide carriage coloured
ribbon printer, 3 months old at the time, for $1000. Got a real deal on
it, new it was $3000. lol. I remember the Mac llfx, with a couple of
options, was a $10,000 machine. I think the Apple monitor I have with my
old Mac ll machines used Sony Trinatron tubes. Great picture quality. If
you looked really close, I think the 14 inch and under had a very fine line
across the screen. If it was larger than 14, it had two horizontal lines.
Ah, the good old days.
Everything now seems like a bargain, even Apples! ;-)
Ed
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