Seen on Reddit and on eBay, two prototypes of the first PowerBook G3, derived from the PowerBook 3400c.
Seen on eBay, a prototype of a PowerBook 3400c. The seller is asking for €4,500, which is, as usual, a bit high.
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As every week (and sometimes more), I present to you a prototype sold on eBay. Here, a wireless Mighty Mouse, sold for €177.
Recently, I saw something quite peculiar: a Pippin motherboard that apparently comes from a prototype.
Seen on eBay, a prototype of the first iPod touch. The seller initially hoped for €4,500 in the first week, but dropped the price to €1,500 in the second week.
The eMate, this laptop running Newton OS, apparently had quite a few prototypes in the wild. There’s another one on eBay this week.
Seen on eBay, a prototype of the first iMac G3. And it has some interesting differences from the production model.
I mentioned this prototype in the movie Sabrina (the 1995 remake) in 2013.
We often see Mac prototypes with strange motherboards, but rarely models with an Intel CPU, especially a CPU that was not officially offered by Apple. Indeed, an old forum post shows a PowerBook with a Pentium M.
Seen on Twitter, another prototype of the first iPhone. It has no markings on the back and runs on SwitchBoard, the testing OS.
