[Elecraft] K3 Lisa Edition - (High resale value?)

Scott Manthe n9aa at arrl.net
Tue Dec 4 14:01:54 EST 2007


The Apple Lisa's absurdly high price probably had some impact on the 
demand for it. $9,000 for a personal computer was a bit high for most 
people in 1980.

73,
Scott, N9AA

Bill W5WVO wrote:
> <LOL> That's been done before. Anybody remember the short-lived Apple 
> Lisa computer (~1979 I think)? Rumor had it that it was named after 
> Steve Jobs' (or Steve Wozniak's) girlfriend. It was a complete failure 
> in the marketplace for some reason. Long time ago... For whatever 
> reason, it just wasn't what the personal computer market wanted at the 
> time. But they kept right on pushing Apple IIs out the door until the 
> Mac came out.
>
> Bill W5WVO
>


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