Well, if you have a spade there's 2700 of them burred in Logan Utah
What is this about 2,700 buried in Utah? I would be interested in the story behind that if anyone has the info or a news link.
Summary:
The Lisa sucked compared to Macintosh. They had 2,700 they couldn't sell. Into the ground they went. The end.
thats freaking weird. cost too much to just put them in storage somewhere? strip them down for parts? anything but dig a whole and pitch them?
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1999/1/1999_1_64.shtmlWhat is this about 2,700 buried in Utah? I would be interested in the story behind that if anyone has the info or a news link.
By Apple (to clarify).Well, some were re-branded as the Mac XL and sold with more Mac-like software.
The Lisa wasn't the only piece of oldschool technology that got buried in a landfill in the middle of nowhere...
blakespot
thats freaking weird. cost too much to just put them in storage somewhere? strip them down for parts? anything but dig a whole and pitch them?
thats freaking weird. cost too much to just put them in storage somewhere? strip them down for parts? anything but dig a whole and pitch them?
Apple had to destroy them so they could 'write them off' for accounting purposes. If Apple had kept them in storage, they would have been considered stock. I'm not an Accountant so I can't give you the exact reason, but thats the principle behind destroying them.
hahaah I loved that! Thanks!The Lisa wasn't the only piece of oldschool technology that got buried in a landfill in the middle of nowhere...
blakespot
yep, that sounds right... that is why many schools/governmnet organizations have to scrap their old computers instead of donating them,selling them, etc.