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I swear I've seen those pictures on here before when someone bought some prototypes...wonder if he's selling them.
 
the beta OS looked just like star trek TNG!

Reminds me of the Storm a bit, too, with the oversized pulldown selector box.

Apple has said that they didn't even put in UI features that are taken for granted now, such as using flick-scrolling, until part way through the project.

(Almost too bad they did, and threw out the baby with the bath water. A scrollbar would be really handy sometimes.)

To the OP: thanks for the eBay pointer!
 
PS. I betcha Apple uses a shill and bids as much as possible to keep the unit out of anyone's hands.

Or perhaps one of those offshore gambling places that pay $30K for toast that looks like Mary, will get it.
 
How did this person get a prototype? I would have assumed that as secretive as Apple is they would force everyone with a prototype to return it or get sued into oblivion.
 
I swear I've seen those pictures on here before when someone bought some prototypes...wonder if he's selling them.

I remember similar photos being posted somewhere - everyone was surprised by Apple's sense of humour with the Cheerios "serial" box...
 
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