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Ultimate Collector Poll

Ultimate Collector Macintosh

  • Apple 1

    Votes: 19 51.4%

  • Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh

    Votes: 11 29.7%

  • G4 Cube

    Votes: 4 10.8%

  • Apple Lisa/Macintosh XL

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • Other (Please specify)

    Votes: 1 2.7%
  • Total voters
    37
  • Poll closed .
I agree that the Apple 1 is the "ultimate" collector's item as far as Apple products are concerned.

I think it's important to make a distinction between the Lisa 1 and 2 models, as the Twiggy Lisa is more coveted and commands insane prices, second only to the Apple 1.
 
Spock said:
You know, that was the first time I have ever seen good pics of that thing.I wouldnt mind finding one for myself. Thanks for the link.
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hey no problem, i figured there werent too many places that good pics of a mac tv, so i made my own pics of my own personal mac tv. even a pic of the motherboard :)

madmax_2069 said:
nice little collection you have MacG4, that lc475 in a Lc405 case looks nice in black.

i have a Yikes G4 but i only have the mobo and cpu i just need to find a case with no mobo and cpu and no drives so i can put mine together.
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thanks :) its a LC 475 in a performa 405 case. 68mb ram/4gig hd/enet card/ full 33mhz 040 running at 25mhz(with heatsink and cooling fan). i need to take a pic w/ the case open
 
macg4 said:
thanks :) its a LC 475 in a performa 405 case. 68mb ram/4gig hd/enet card/ full 33mhz 040 running at 25mhz(with heatsink and cooling fan). i need to take a pic w/ the case open
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nice specs you just need to do what i also need to do , clock up the cpu's to 33mhz or try 40mhz. my Performa 475 is just about maxed out (full 040 40mhz cpu (running 25mhz still), 132mb ram, ethernet card, 1mb vram, external LaCie scsi CDRW, 1.2gb hdd, OS 7.6.1

but yea i still say the TAM cause it really stood out from any Mac
 
My list of "wants"

When I was working on the Apple Spec Database a few years ago, trying to find all of the various unique products that were released but never really "spec'd" by Apple... there were a lot of devices that I saw that I really wanted to get my hands on:

TAM (with subwoofer)
MacTV (with remote)
Pippin

I finally got an original Newton (and each of the others as well), the first "original" version of the Apple Set-top Box, what Apple is now calling AppleTV (essentially a black box with an LC processor with video connections - only sold in the UK), and the Apple PowerCD player known by its codename "Popeye".

But the bane of my existence with respects to Apple collectibles has been a simple keyring that I used to have and gave away. It was black plastic in a teardrop shape. The bulbous end of the teardrop had a circular cutout in the plastic with a central axis, so the cutout would spin in the middle of the keyring. On one side of the circle was the old, 5-color apple logo, the other side had the word "Apple" written on it (if I remember it correctly).

What was most cool was that the inside of the circle was hollow and was designed to hold 2 quarters (phone call money, I suppose) - the keyring itself was given to college students in the early 90s as a trinket gift to entice them to consider the Mac when buying their first computer.

Anyone have one of these? :)
 
The title of your poll is the Ultimate Collector MACINTOSH, so the Apple I does not belong on the list of choices since it is not a Mac.

As for which i think would be most collectible, any PCI Powermac from the 7200,7300,7500,7600,8500,8600,9500,9600 generation simply because you can get them all to run Tiger and still do useful work with them.
 
The "ultimate" collector item of any type is usually the rarest, so for Apple the Apple I would be tops, followed by the various prototypes and clear Macs/Newtons floating around. Next would be the Macs that were made in the fewest numbers like the Workgroup Servers.
 
I admit I voted for the TAM because I have one. :p

But excluding prototypes (clears, etc) I would have to say some of models I'd find the most collectible (in no order) are:

iMac 233 MHz, original (not super rare, but one of those milestone Macs a collector wants)
Macintosh Colour Classic (I or II and the Performa 200 and 250)
Macintosh TV (because they're hard to find and crappy computers!)
Macintosh 128k
Macintosh ED (a 512k sold for educational markets, there was also a ED Plus)
20th Anniversary Macintosh (yes I plug my outdated page all the time)
Macintosh Centris 660AV (changed to the Quadra 660AV only a couple months later)
Power Macintosh 5420 (black case)
Power Macintosh 8200 (basically a 7200 sold outside North America in a tower case)
Macintosh PowerBook 550c (faster, black PB 540)
Macintosh PowerBook 100 (it's so cute! Plus it's another one I have. :p)
G4 Cube
Apple Network Server (500 or 700) - My most wanted Mac!
Power Macintosh 7220 (crappy 4400 sold only in Aus.)

Not all the best computers in the world, but oh how I want them.
 
You can add the Powerbook 2400C to the list, particularly in very rare 240Mhz form. The Japanese in particular pay silly money for these.
 
Although the Apple I is awesome and a great historic piece, I'd love a 20th Anniversary Macintosh ;) I think those machines look great, and I'm sure they're fun to play with. Plus I'd have no idea how to use the Apple I, but of course - if I had one. I think I'd have to learn :D
 
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