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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
 Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 08:06:18
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2059337031A clear portable for $1,500  , is it really worth it?! ~The Penguin | Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy |
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Slomac636
Junior Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 08:22:53
I've seen the clear SE, but this is a new one. I think the price is WAY high, especially since it's NOT working. I'm sure you can get a working Portable for less than $50. Collectable or not, I don't think the price is justified and besides the Portable is nothing more than a Plus shoehorned into a smaller case. (Apple contracted Sony to do the engineering.)Macs Liberated: 9 - 6400/180 (main Mac), 660AV, 636CD, LCIII+, LCII (2), Classic II, Classic and SE. Yeah, I hate that friggin beach ball too... |
catsdorule
Senior Member
Canada
1627 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 09:04:05
Well someone bid on it.-Danny
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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 09:24:55
quote:
Well someone bid on it.
*steals catsdorule's cash* *goes and bids on it* *finds out even WITH cats's cash he doesnt have enough *  ~The Penguin | Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy |
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MrLynn
Junior Member
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 11:00:40
How many of them did they make?Value is a function of demand. If they are rare, and enough people want them, the sky's the limit. /Mr Lynn Curator of: SE (6.0.4), SE w. 020 accelerator (6.0.8), SE w. no HD, IIfx (7.1), IIci (bad HD); plus various PPCs in family (blue G3/350 is main Mac these days). |
alcoa
Full Member
Albania
543 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 11:29:28
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How many of them did they make?Value is a function of demand. If they are rare, and enough people want them, the sky's the limit.
*DROOLS COPIOUSLY* . . . is also a function of coolness! that sucker ROCKS!
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Stryder
Junior Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 11:38:23
That is sweet!! Apple usually used those clear cases when developing new systems. The first one I ever saw was the SE20, the prototype for the SE30. Those working on the projects were normally the ones to take them home, then on to collectors. Fab find, Penguin!!"One slip and down the hole we fall" Check out the new forum on the block at: http://www22.brinkster.com/originalstryder/db/ |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 12:04:22
I can't imagine there being more than a dozen of these in existence...and, it would be easy to swap the mobo from a working Portable into it.If I were a collector (i.e., if I had a buncha disposable income lying around), I'd get it! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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AnubisTTP
Junior Member
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 14:12:53
Is it possible that this might be one of the McMobile laptops? I know it does not look like the one in the picture at lowendmac.com, but according to the description, the one shown is an early prototype, not the one that was actually sold. http://www.lowendmac.com/clones/mcmobile.html
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 14:40:55
I don't think it's a McMobile, simply because the case looks exactly like a Portable's case, only transparent. It wouldn't have been possible for Tezuka to have created a case that was identitcal to the Portable...666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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boredomconquersall
Full Member
Canada
613 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 16:38:31
hmmm.... that screen looks bigger than mine... 640x480? now THAT would be cool.... oh, and most ppl just plug it in, and think it's gonna work off the PSU, but as many of us know, portables require 7.5V2A power to boot, and portables allso require a hard-reset if they have not had ANY power put into them for the longest time, so in all likelyhood, it is a functioning unit... I love portables. someone should make an exact copy of the portable case (or any of the powerbooks, for that matter) in a turbocad document, and send it to one of those 3D printing places. calgary has one (I think) so someday, when I have a job, and I have another portable, I'll have a clear case made for it, and one that's easier to dissasemble...ThNNXXX@!
"feels like i'm wearing nothing at all! NOTHING AT ALL!! NOTHING AT ALL!!!!" Edited by - boredomconquersall on 09 Oct 2002 16:43:34 |
Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 16:45:31
IT also has the multicolored apple on it. Although, I guess clones could put that on there as well but still. And how big is a regular portable screen that this one looks bigger, I do not know much aboot these machines. My guess however, would just be that because of the transparency, you can see the outside workings of the screen, creating an isslusion of being bigger.With only one bid, it seems liek it must be overpriced, even to all those out there nitpicking ebay. ~The Penguin | Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy |
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 18:16:51
That is really cool. However, its not $1500 cool. Just the case alone, however would be worth at least US$200 to a dedicated collector, who could put a working Portable into the case. Either way, iWant. -------------------------- "I keep my friends close, but I keep my enemies closer" - Unkown Warrior maclover5
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 20:23:28
If it has a 640x480 screen, then it's definetely not a prototype Portable.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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Kyusaku Natsume
Starting Member
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 22:01:46
Assuming it was a real Portable prototype, I'd pay as much as $500 for one. But $1500 is way too much. Maybe a Clear case 128k...that *might* be worth $1500. Or the first Macintosh off the line, though that one is probably stored at Steve Job's house.Otaku-in-training; Specialties in Anime, Macs, Storms
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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 06:24:39
ROTFLMAO!Some guy with a rating of 2 just bid on it! WHeeeeeeeee! ~The Penguin | Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy |
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 13:08:51
"Buba74" won it...at $1,525. I took a look at his track record and the two positives he got were for a TRS-80 and a Xerox 1810 that he bought, but he has two neutrals for never paying for an Apple II numeric keypad and a Kaypro II. Looks like he's a Nouveau-Collecteur. But, does he really have the cash...?666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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Edited by - cinemafia on 10 Oct 2002 13:11:49
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Slomac636
Junior Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 23:45:56
I know I poo-pooed this clear portable thing at the beginning, I still don't think its $1525 cool, but then again I'd say that this is something I'd have to see in person before I'd pony up that much for it. BTW, Mr. Kaypro will probably end up selling it to buy some old Zenith 248 or maybe a HP Vectra workstation 'coz it was used by some politico in D.C.Macs Liberated: 9 - 6400/180 (main Mac), 660AV, 636CD, LCIII+, LCII (2), Classic II, Classic and SE. Yeah, I hate that friggin beach ball too... |
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