Going through old mail, found this invoice...

[rworne]

My very first Mac desktop order. Holy crap was that a lot of money. Note that this was with the student discount. The sadistic folks over there sent the monitor early, so I had to stare at it for two days while I waited for the computer.

Note the practice of shorting the RAM. I ordered from OWC (or Crucial) at the same time, saved myself several hundred dollars in the process too.

This wonderful machine served me well for a bit more than 6 years. It later was donated to a school to replace an aging Quadra that was used by the teacher.

PURCHASE INFORMATION

ORDER

Part Number: M7649ZM/A
Product Name: Apple Studio Display (17" flat panel)
Unit Price: $959.00
Quantity: 1
Net Price: $959.00
Estimated time to ship: 1 day

Part Number: Z03W
Product Name: Power Mac G4 B
Options:
065-2918 Apple SuperDrive
065-3001 128MB SDRAM - 1 DIMM
065-3160 Apple Pro Keyboard - U.S. English
065-3023 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX - 32MB SDRAM
065-3162 Dual 800MHz PowerPC G4
065-2837 Mac OS - U.S. English
065-2915 60GB Ultra ATA drive
065-2838 Accessory kit
Unit Price: $2,980.00
Quantity: 1
Net Price: $2,980.00
Estimated time to ship: 3 days

Part Number: M8282ZM/A
Product Name: Apple Pro Speakers
Unit Price: $55.00
Quantity: 1
Net Price: $55.00
Estimated time to ship: 3 days

Promotion Savings: - $300.00

Your chosen shipping method is Ground Shipping.

ORDER SUBTOTAL: $3,694.00
ESTIMATED TAX AMOUNT: $295.52

ESTIMATED ORDER TOTAL: $3,989.52

 

[sunapple]

'Apple is becoming too expensive'
~ People who buy it anyway, 1976-2018

 

[Easttime]

My very first Mac desktop order. Holy crap was that a lot of money. Note that this was with the student discount. The sadistic folks over there sent the monitor early, so I had to stare at it for two days while I waited for the computer.

Note the practice of shorting the RAM. I ordered from OWC (or Crucial) at the same time, saved myself several hundred dollars in the process too.

This wonderful machine served me well for a bit more than 6 years. It later was donated to a school to replace an aging Quadra that was used by the teacher.

PURCHASE INFORMATION

ORDER

Part Number: M7649ZM/A
Product Name: Apple Studio Display (17" flat panel)
Unit Price: $959.00
Quantity: 1
Net Price: $959.00
Estimated time to ship: 1 day

Part Number: Z03W
Product Name: Power Mac G4 B
Options:
065-2918 Apple SuperDrive
065-3001 128MB SDRAM - 1 DIMM
065-3160 Apple Pro Keyboard - U.S. English
065-3023 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX - 32MB SDRAM
065-3162 Dual 800MHz PowerPC G4
065-2837 Mac OS - U.S. English
065-2915 60GB Ultra ATA drive
065-2838 Accessory kit
Unit Price: $2,980.00
Quantity: 1
Net Price: $2,980.00
Estimated time to ship: 3 days

Part Number: M8282ZM/A
Product Name: Apple Pro Speakers
Unit Price: $55.00
Quantity: 1
Net Price: $55.00
Estimated time to ship: 3 days

Promotion Savings: - $300.00

Your chosen shipping method is Ground Shipping.

ORDER SUBTOTAL: $3,694.00
ESTIMATED TAX AMOUNT: $295.52

ESTIMATED ORDER TOTAL: $3,989.52

What year was this? Interesting bit of history. Looks like ordered online, good information about shipping dates, one of the positive customer experiences about buying Apple gear.

 

[rworne]

What year was this? Interesting bit of history. Looks like ordered online, good information about shipping dates, one of the positive customer experiences about buying Apple gear.

October 30, 2001

 

[dbdjre0143]

Wow...I can't imagine paying that much for a computer. Really cool piece of history though! Thanks for sharing.
I'm a cheapskate, so numbers like that make me cringe. My first computer that I bought for myself was the desktop I built in 9th grade (it'll turn 10 in a couple months). Paid $400 at the time. There have been some upgrades since then (SSD, RAM, and a new GPU), but I'm still using it.