A rare “Celebration” Apple-1 computer built by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976 sold for $815,000 this week, according to MacRumors, after a bid for $1.2 million was pulled at the last minute. This particular board was not part of a known production run, and was never sold to the public.
The Apple-1 is the very first Apple computer, the first personal computer marketed to consumers, and the first Apple product in history. To build it, Steve Jobs sold his only means of getting around, a Volkswagen Microbus, and Steve Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator.
The auction, held on CharityBuzz, was for the computer and a variety of accessories. They include:
Back in 1976, the Apple-1 sold for $666.66 at The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California. This particular Apple-1 is not currently in working condition, but it could be restored with a few tweaks. Cohen recommends against making those tweaks, however, as that would change what makes this board unique.
This “Celebration” model doesn’t seem to be part of any production run, and seems likely to be an experimental build by Wozniak to test the manufacturing process. It’s heatsink is smaller than that used on other Apple-1 boards, so Wozniak may have added a bigger heatsink after testing this board. It’s unclear.
Whatever the story is, this is a rare bit of Apple history, not to mention computing history. We hope the new owners will let us check it out some time.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.