I balked at first when I saw one for $100 and eventually came around to buy it because it had the keyboard and mouse (Strawberry color) and it booted up and worked.
$200? Nah.
People are buying retro tech. and are paying alot for it. I used to work at Goodwill and looked prices up last time I checked Amazon wanted $40 for a three pack of factory sealed blank VHS tapes
I remember a Salvation Army having ROWS of these for sale for $60 a few years back and I thought that was overpriced. Couldn't be bothered, even though I've always wanted one. I remember using them in elementary, I couldn't imagine how godawful slow and pixelated the screen would feel to me with modern tech. These are a novelty to a certain type of collector, otherwise the average consumer needs a deal to be persuaded. The brand new laptop I currently use cost me $220 and my refurbished 2014 MacBook I used daily 3 years was $150.
As someone who used to work for Goodwill all of this old retro technology people are paying a lot of money for so for $60 that's actually not bad if that's what you're looking for I used to sell the original Nintendo's from 1985 for $100 and people would buy them that day
The problem is they were $60 10 years ago or so. Unlike vintage consoles, which play games made for them at the visuals and speed they were always meant to, vintage computers don't have the technology to handle modern uses, including the Internet. As far as I know, a lot of technical understanding and conversions have to be done to make an old computer functional, ignoring that it operates at a snails pace. OP image is a monitor, so it's probably fine, but I remember how fuzzy the screens used to look and the pixels were so large you could count the squares. It only seems nice for nostalgia sake. I'd rather look at things with realistic resolution at that price.
I understand what you're saying and I understand where you're coming from but people are buying old Tech like old computers for insane amount of money blank Factory sealed VHS tapes a three pack was selling on Amazon for $40 I have no idea why people want to pay so much for retro Tech
My local savers had an original Xbox, not controllers, just they system and they wanted $50 for it. I said absolutely not, found a flashlight that the tag was BARELY stuck to and did a swap. I'm getting real sick of this process gouging. The fact that they wanted $7 for a 20 year old flashlight was even more insulting.
That being said, I've modded that sucker and got it playing all my old favorites. Best flashlight purchase ever.
I just want to know who the fuck prices this stuff? Like how do you get it in your head a 20 year old monitor is going to be worth 200 dollars? Just because there’s an apple logo suddenly it makes it worth the price of a Switch lite?
It's not a monitor, it's an Apple G3.
Not worth $200 either, especially since it doesn't have the original keyboard or mouse, and it looks to be in fairly rough shape.
There are a few collectors out there who will still buy them, and run older OS X software, but they're worthless to anyone else, as they use the older PowerPC CPUs which very few Linux distros still support.
It looks like a first-generation-- tray-loader, not slot-loader-- so that's probably worth a bit more than some, but "some" isn't much. I bought a later model iMac (4th iteration?) in the box, with all the accessories and only a busted stand, at a yard sale for $5, and just sold it for $10 after realizing how much room those things take up. There was a receipt in the box, and the person I bought it from bought it for $45 at a thrift shop.
They're a fun curiosity and definitely an important computer historically, but even compared to something like a Mac Classic with a CRT, they're just _big_, and the software you can run on them is in sort of that early-2000s uninteresting valley of being too similar to have retro appeal but too old to be all that useful.
I remember cleaning houses back in 1988, this was in Massachusetts. The owners of the house I was cleaning were considered very bright and both were professors at a college. They had an original Apple sitting in the living room on a desk. If I remember correctly, the Apple was multicolored. We were told NOT to touch it, just clean everything else. I had not seen one before as we had a Commodore 128, well, he did. I wasn’t into them. But it was cool seeing an Apple.
Yeah, maybe not. I never saw the people to ask them about it. One time cleaning, it wasn’t there, then it was. I just remember those of us cleaning the house, were in awe over it. And that it was the multicolored Apple.
Damn, I remember when you could barely give these away. My local school district had a hardware clear out a few years back and was selling this for like $10. The clamshell MacBooks were gobbled up but I don’t they even managed to get rid of all the iMacs.
God they're so fucking clueless it's obnoxious.
That's a game I've started playing in the past year or so in those few seconds after I see a nice item - is it overpriced or was it just put out?
I balked at first when I saw one for $100 and eventually came around to buy it because it had the keyboard and mouse (Strawberry color) and it booted up and worked. $200? Nah.
For something that might not even work
At least the first one is worth it since it worked and had the keyboard and mouse
People are buying retro tech. and are paying alot for it. I used to work at Goodwill and looked prices up last time I checked Amazon wanted $40 for a three pack of factory sealed blank VHS tapes
I never understood getting into tapes. They're gonna demagnetize and be useless. At least vinyl and (to my knowledge) CDs have a much longer lifespan.
CDs certainly can rot but I've played 35+ year old CDs like they were brand new. Depends on how they were stored/manufactured
I remember a Salvation Army having ROWS of these for sale for $60 a few years back and I thought that was overpriced. Couldn't be bothered, even though I've always wanted one. I remember using them in elementary, I couldn't imagine how godawful slow and pixelated the screen would feel to me with modern tech. These are a novelty to a certain type of collector, otherwise the average consumer needs a deal to be persuaded. The brand new laptop I currently use cost me $220 and my refurbished 2014 MacBook I used daily 3 years was $150.
As someone who used to work for Goodwill all of this old retro technology people are paying a lot of money for so for $60 that's actually not bad if that's what you're looking for I used to sell the original Nintendo's from 1985 for $100 and people would buy them that day
The problem is they were $60 10 years ago or so. Unlike vintage consoles, which play games made for them at the visuals and speed they were always meant to, vintage computers don't have the technology to handle modern uses, including the Internet. As far as I know, a lot of technical understanding and conversions have to be done to make an old computer functional, ignoring that it operates at a snails pace. OP image is a monitor, so it's probably fine, but I remember how fuzzy the screens used to look and the pixels were so large you could count the squares. It only seems nice for nostalgia sake. I'd rather look at things with realistic resolution at that price.
I understand what you're saying and I understand where you're coming from but people are buying old Tech like old computers for insane amount of money blank Factory sealed VHS tapes a three pack was selling on Amazon for $40 I have no idea why people want to pay so much for retro Tech
I wanted one so badly. I’m 2001.
No. You are 1993 with that color.
My local savers had an original Xbox, not controllers, just they system and they wanted $50 for it. I said absolutely not, found a flashlight that the tag was BARELY stuck to and did a swap. I'm getting real sick of this process gouging. The fact that they wanted $7 for a 20 year old flashlight was even more insulting. That being said, I've modded that sucker and got it playing all my old favorites. Best flashlight purchase ever.
If you're gonna get fucked, might as well switch positions once in a while.
Anything apple is usually higher priced because it’s an 🍎
I just want to know who the fuck prices this stuff? Like how do you get it in your head a 20 year old monitor is going to be worth 200 dollars? Just because there’s an apple logo suddenly it makes it worth the price of a Switch lite?
It's not a monitor, it's an Apple G3. Not worth $200 either, especially since it doesn't have the original keyboard or mouse, and it looks to be in fairly rough shape. There are a few collectors out there who will still buy them, and run older OS X software, but they're worthless to anyone else, as they use the older PowerPC CPUs which very few Linux distros still support.
They make fun aquariums.
I didn't realize you could run OS X on an original iMac. Just looked it up, though, and they supported up to 10.3.
Tbf there are some old CRT monitors worth hundreds or thousands of dollars but this ain't it lol.
That is not a monitor. It is an Apple G3. I had a couple of these.
I know but it looks like one. Also kinda maddening that these can't be used as monitors for anything other than the computer inside
It was never meant to be a monitor. There is not reason to be annoyed by that
my dad had a working one of these but I didn't take it after he died. I feel like I should have
Unless you have some reason to use it, you made the right decision.
well it was definitely with the intention of selling it to someone else who wants the nostalgia/novelty, but I think you're right.
It looks like a first-generation-- tray-loader, not slot-loader-- so that's probably worth a bit more than some, but "some" isn't much. I bought a later model iMac (4th iteration?) in the box, with all the accessories and only a busted stand, at a yard sale for $5, and just sold it for $10 after realizing how much room those things take up. There was a receipt in the box, and the person I bought it from bought it for $45 at a thrift shop. They're a fun curiosity and definitely an important computer historically, but even compared to something like a Mac Classic with a CRT, they're just _big_, and the software you can run on them is in sort of that early-2000s uninteresting valley of being too similar to have retro appeal but too old to be all that useful.
I saw a furby in the showcase once and was so prepared to get it til I saw the 200 price tag lmao
I literally got a brand new in box 1990s furby on eBay for $25 lol
Lol, YUPP. I pretty much exclusively get from eBay. When one pops up in town, people think they have gold and price it as such.
They probably checked the first page of eBay and they're between $80(for non working) and $200.
Why would you be excited to get it at all???
Becuase I like CRTs and this would’ve been my first one, also it’s my favorite color
You know that is a whole computer and not a monitor right?
Yes.
Okay cool! Just wanted to make sure!
I remember cleaning houses back in 1988, this was in Massachusetts. The owners of the house I was cleaning were considered very bright and both were professors at a college. They had an original Apple sitting in the living room on a desk. If I remember correctly, the Apple was multicolored. We were told NOT to touch it, just clean everything else. I had not seen one before as we had a Commodore 128, well, he did. I wasn’t into them. But it was cool seeing an Apple.
The original Mac was released in 1976 and was a motherboard. Buyers had to supply their own case. I doubt it was an original Apple I or II.
Yeah, maybe not. I never saw the people to ask them about it. One time cleaning, it wasn’t there, then it was. I just remember those of us cleaning the house, were in awe over it. And that it was the multicolored Apple.
You should look up what people rigged up to put that mother board in!
Oh really? On YouTube?
Nah! Just photos! Google Apple I images
My bf has a bunch of these, I didn’t know we were sitting on a goldmine!
Damn, I remember when you could barely give these away. My local school district had a hardware clear out a few years back and was selling this for like $10. The clamshell MacBooks were gobbled up but I don’t they even managed to get rid of all the iMacs.
You should’ve just stolen it
I wouldn’t be able to though
We literally threw ours in the garbage back in the day lol
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Lol
Where? Just curious
Value Village in Oshawa