October 9, 2024

A rare Apple Macintosh prototype is returning to auction

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A rare Apple Macintosh prototype is returning to auction

The #M0001 Apple Macintosh prototype is expected to sell at auction for even more than it did in 2019. | Image: Bonhams

A rare prototype of the original Apple Macintosh featuring a 5.25-inch disk drive instead of the 3.5-inch drive the personal computer eventually shipped with is headed to auction again as part of Bonhams’ upcoming History of Science and Technology collection.

The prototype has been nicknamed the Twiggy Macintosh because it features the same 5.25-inch double-sided floppy disk drive originally created for the Apple Lisa, which had been codenamed the Twiggy during its development. Those drives were notoriously unreliable, and since the Macintosh didn’t come with any internal storage, a disk drive users could rely on was a critical component.

Apple eventually opted to use a new 3.5-inch disk drive design from Sony, and Steve Jobs reportedly…

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