The prototype of the first Macintosh will be put up for auction for the second time. 5 years ago it was sold for 150 thousand dollars

One of the two surviving Apple Macintosh prototypes will be auctioned in the United States.

Model #M0001 was released in 1983 and is the first prototype of the computer. It uses Apple’s proprietary Twiggy 5.25-inch floppy drive. Apple subsequently abandoned it and replaced it with a 3.5-inch floppy drive in the final version of the Macintosh.

In 2019, this computer was sold at Bonhams auction for $150 thousand, setting a record as the world’s most expensive Macintosh. The record has not yet been broken, but it is possible that it will sell for more at the second auction.

Adding to the value of this copy is the fact that Steve Jobs ordered the destruction of both prototypes due to the fact that the drive was not working properly.

But the developers of the MacWrite word processing program saved it, and 30 years after the Macintosh was released, Steve Wozniak helped restore it to work. (New Atlas)