A prototype of a 20th-anniversary Mac

Yet another prototype on eBay, a Spartacus, the 20th-anniversary Mac. It’s one of the first desktop devices with a flat-screen and, in a way, foreshadows the iMacs. Finally, with a 12-inch display at 800 x 600 resolution and a launch price of $7,500…

Posté le 06/07/2012 par

A prototype of a Macintosh Portable

Spotted on eBay, a prototype of the Macintosh Portable, the first (unpleasant) Apple laptop. Fortunately, Sony came to the rescue with the design of the first PowerBook…

Posté le 04/07/2012 par

Les meilleures promotions du jour

Sur cette page, je vous mets les promotions du jour. Ce sont celles que je poste de temps en temps sur Twitter, et les liens sont sponsorisés, ce qui me permet d’acheter certains accessoires pour le site. Je mets des liens vers des promotions intéressantes, idéalement des produits que j’ai essayés ou que je connais bien, avec évidemment une orientation vers les nouvelles technologies.

Posté le 04/07/2012 par

A prototype of a PowerBook 5300cs

Another Apple prototype has surfaced on eBay, this time featuring a PowerBook XXXX, which is actually a 5300cs. I’m not familiar with machines from that era, so I’m not sure if it differs significantly from a standard model…

Posté le 21/06/2012 par

A prototype of an iPad with two dock connectors

Patents discussed it, cases had been discovered, but this time it’s a complete device: the iPad equipped with two dock connectors. Sold on eBay for $10,200, it features two dock connectors, which should be convenient for connectivity, and runs on a beta version of iOS 3.2. The classic prototype interface is present, including geeky references to Transformers.

Posté le 29/05/2012 par

A prototype of an orange eMate 300

Some photos of eMate 300 prototypes, the Newton ‘laptop’ whose design was created by Ive himself.

Posté le 13/05/2012 par

A prototype of a transparent Macintosh SE

Yet another prototype Mac surfaces, a Macintosh SE with a transparent casing. Code-named Aladdin.

Posté le 10/05/2012 par

A prototype of an Apple Pro Mouse

Here are some photos of an optical Apple Mouse prototype. What makes it unique? It’s completely transparent, and aesthetically, it looks very well-done.

Posté le 06/05/2012 par

A PowerBook G4 prototype

Today, an interesting prototype, a PowerBook G4. This pre-production model has a top case partly in black, which deviates from the classic (white) model. It is equipped with a 400 MHz G4, 64 MB of memory, and a 20 GB hard drive, but lacks an AirPort card.

Posté le 01/05/2012 par

A prototype of an iPod touch 3G with a camera

I had already talked about it; Apple wanted to introduce a camera on the iPod touch as early as the third generation, although it ultimately took until the fourth generation for it to happen.

Posté le 21/04/2012 par

The Apple Mighty Mouse Wireless, code-named M6

We continue with the FCC. Apparently, manuals are not always completed at the time of validation. For example, the manual for the Mighty Mouse Bluetooth indicates ‘<M6>’ instead of the mouse’s name…

Posté le 18/04/2012 par