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Original Prices
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Accurate information is not available online freely. You should be able to get access to original press releases etc if you have access to an academic library. I think that you need to go back to original sources really -- I find that the US edition of MacUser is good for finding basic contemporary facts.
from 1989 Macworld
External HD's
20 MB - $ 539 and up
40 MB - $ 649 and up
80 MB - $ 1,099 and up
Internal for SE
30 MB - $ 469
40 MB - $ 529
100 MB - $ 969
Memory
1 MB SIMM - from $ 299
MacSnap from $ 199 - $ 913
Modems
$ 193 - 295 $
...
External HD's
20 MB - $ 539 and up
40 MB - $ 649 and up
80 MB - $ 1,099 and up
Internal for SE
30 MB - $ 469
40 MB - $ 529
100 MB - $ 969
Memory
1 MB SIMM - from $ 299
MacSnap from $ 199 - $ 913
Modems
$ 193 - 295 $
...
Just looking at those prices puts me in agony. $300 for a 1MB SIMM? Over $1k for an external 80MB hard disk? The pain! At those prices, 2MB of RAM would suck up an entire paycheck, and I'd need financing for a hard drive.
I'd be unreasonably wealthy if all of my things were valued at their original prices like that, not including the several thousand dollars worth of crap like that I've thrown out because I have so much more that's better in one way or another.
I'd be unreasonably wealthy if all of my things were valued at their original prices like that, not including the several thousand dollars worth of crap like that I've thrown out because I have so much more that's better in one way or another.
Well it just puts "the computer for everyone" into context ;-) .
Sometime in 1992 Apple mailed out a printed catalog, "The Apple Catalog Premiere Edition 1992", to those on their customer list. Some examples:
PowerBook 145 4/40 $2149
PowerBook 145 4/40 with internal fax/data modem $2374
PowerBook 160 4/40 $2429
PowerBook 160 4/40 with internal fax/data modem $2654
4 MB RAM upgrade $309
80MB Hard Disk Upgrade $649
Personal LaserWriter LS $1079
Personal LaserWriter NTR $1989
ImageWriter II $439
StyleWriter $359
Apple OneScanner $1179
AppleCD 150 $549
Apple CD Caddy $39
Apple Extended Keyboard II $185
Apple Keyboard II $105
Apple Desktop Bus Mouse $79
A/UX CDROM A1300 product $649
A follow-up edition, The Apple Catalog Summer 1993, added the Duo and 160C, indicating revised pricing:
PowerBook Duo 210 4/80 $1639 orig $1839
PowerBook Duo 210 4/80 with intrnal Fax/data modem 14400/9600 $1958 orig $2158
Duo Dock $1079
PowerBook 165C 4/80 $2799 orig $ 3399
PowerBook 165C 4/80 with internal Express Modem 14400/9600 $3118 orig $3718
A/UX CDROM A1300 product increased to $795
PowerBook 145 4/40 $2149
PowerBook 145 4/40 with internal fax/data modem $2374
PowerBook 160 4/40 $2429
PowerBook 160 4/40 with internal fax/data modem $2654
4 MB RAM upgrade $309
80MB Hard Disk Upgrade $649
Personal LaserWriter LS $1079
Personal LaserWriter NTR $1989
ImageWriter II $439
StyleWriter $359
Apple OneScanner $1179
AppleCD 150 $549
Apple CD Caddy $39
Apple Extended Keyboard II $185
Apple Keyboard II $105
Apple Desktop Bus Mouse $79
A/UX CDROM A1300 product $649
A follow-up edition, The Apple Catalog Summer 1993, added the Duo and 160C, indicating revised pricing:
PowerBook Duo 210 4/80 $1639 orig $1839
PowerBook Duo 210 4/80 with intrnal Fax/data modem 14400/9600 $1958 orig $2158
Duo Dock $1079
PowerBook 165C 4/80 $2799 orig $ 3399
PowerBook 165C 4/80 with internal Express Modem 14400/9600 $3118 orig $3718
A/UX CDROM A1300 product increased to $795
Wow... and to think I scored my Duo 210 free, for helping my neighbour shovel his sidewalk!
On the mouse: yes, I double checked, $79 for the wedge shaped Apple ADB mouse... and $109 for the square Apple IIe mouse.
On the CD caddy: Arrgh, I screwed up folks, sorry, it was $39 for a box of five. To make amends, I'll list a few more from summer 1993, double check and hope to not make another mistake:
Kensington NoteBook KeyPad $129
Macintosh 16 inch Color Display (just a CRT) $1459
Macintosh 14 inch Color Display $539
AppleCD 300 CD-ROM drive $599 (in an external cabinet, included Quicktime 1.5 and nine CD-ROM titles)
AppleDesign Powered Speakers $179 (just one left and one right one, no subwoofer)
Apple Microphone $19
MacWrite Pro $229
Clarisworks 2.0 $209
Claris MacDraw Pro $289
Microsoft Word 5.1 $295
Microsoft Excel 4.0 $295
Adobe Photoshop 2.5 $599
Farallon Timbuktu 5.0 $199
Apple IIe card for Macintosh- card that allows running Apple II programs on Mac LC, LCII, LCIII, or Color Classic $145
Apple 5.25 floppy drive to use with the above: $259
Or going the other way, add an external Superdrive floppy to your Apple II (also works with SE,SE/30,IIcx,IIciIIsi and Classic): $329
Macintosh LC III $1349 (includes kb and oval style mouse)
Basic Color Monitor for LCIII (14 inch, 640x480) $329
On the CD caddy: Arrgh, I screwed up folks, sorry, it was $39 for a box of five. To make amends, I'll list a few more from summer 1993, double check and hope to not make another mistake:
Kensington NoteBook KeyPad $129
Macintosh 16 inch Color Display (just a CRT) $1459
Macintosh 14 inch Color Display $539
AppleCD 300 CD-ROM drive $599 (in an external cabinet, included Quicktime 1.5 and nine CD-ROM titles)
AppleDesign Powered Speakers $179 (just one left and one right one, no subwoofer)
Apple Microphone $19
MacWrite Pro $229
Clarisworks 2.0 $209
Claris MacDraw Pro $289
Microsoft Word 5.1 $295
Microsoft Excel 4.0 $295
Adobe Photoshop 2.5 $599
Farallon Timbuktu 5.0 $199
Apple IIe card for Macintosh- card that allows running Apple II programs on Mac LC, LCII, LCIII, or Color Classic $145
Apple 5.25 floppy drive to use with the above: $259
Or going the other way, add an external Superdrive floppy to your Apple II (also works with SE,SE/30,IIcx,IIciIIsi and Classic): $329
Macintosh LC III $1349 (includes kb and oval style mouse)
Basic Color Monitor for LCIII (14 inch, 640x480) $329
