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$400,000 for a personal computer

Old 05-23-2013, 03:51 PM
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Nice, very nice, but I'm happy with my Toshiba laptop thanks.
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$400,000 for that piece of junk?

A real computer costs oh, around $15,000,000.
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You call that a computer? Now this is a computer:
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Original Apple I Computer Up For Auction In Germany This May 25 | Ubergizmo

Looks like they are looking for $640,000
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$640k should be enough for anybody.
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$640k should be enough for anybody.


hehe.
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i read that in crocodile dundee's voice.
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I'm saying 7 figures right now....all those rich nerds out there can easily drop over a mil to have 1 of the 6 known Apple I's.
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