“Early adopters of the iPhone weren’t the only ones receiving in-store credit from Steve Jobs. In an overlooked announcement, Jobs said that early adopters of the Apple Lisa would be receiving a $7000 in-store credit,” Brian Briggs reports for BBSpot.
“Apple released the Lisa in January of 1983 for $9,995, and the similar Macintosh was released a year later for $2,495,” Briggs reports.
“‘I’ve felt bad about people who bought the Lisa for a long time. Anybody who bought one of the first Apple Lisas really got screwed,’ said Jobs. ‘Now that we’ve got some cash, I think it’s about time we made it right,'” Briggs reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Jim” for the heads up.]
I also was an early Lisa adopter, and there WAS a little bit of “making it right.” The first Lisa’s had 5.25″ floppy drives. Apple upgraded these Lisa’s for free to the “new” 3.5 disks. They also later on provided some means to run the Mac OS on them, but I don’t quite recall how that was accomplished. They shipped the computer with a whopping 5 meg HD drive that sat on top of the computer, and actually provided virtual memory (very slow) used by the Lisa Office apps. Those applications were outstanding. For awhile, the Lisa was the only development environment for Mac programs. MusicWorks from MacroMind, which was later renamed MacroMedia, and then purchased by Adobe was developed on a Lisa.
@ME in LA
You got screwed as I paid $800 for a Rodime 20 MG hard disk in 1987. My how the price dropped in only 2 years for TWICE the storage…ahahahaha.
Grifterus: “I’ve been looking for a Lisa for a while.”
If you have a decent metal detector, Apple buried about 2,700 unsold Lisas at a landfill in Logan, Utah in 1989. They might be a little dirty.
IPaid $80,000 for the first DAW, the Synclavier–now blown out of the water with GarageBand and a Macbook, for $1000!
You do realize that is a spoof article, right?
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I just bought a MacBook Pro about 4 months ago for 4000 (AUS).
Pound for pound I should get around 4 or 5 hundred bucks back. You kept a copy of the reciept didn’t you Apple?
Grifterus: I have a Lisa 2 sitting in storage. I got it to boot recently (about a year or two ago), but it is flakey. I might be persuaded to part with it at a reasonable price to someone who would display it. If you are interested, email me at ralph@macastronomy.com.
Also, somewhere around here, I have an original Newton…
I was sceptical about this article – but reading the posts I am really pleased MDN posted the story.
It’s great to see so many people connecting the Lisa and the iPhone – it just goes to show that Apple is one very unique, very special company.
And I hope Apple has a long long road to travel for future generations too…
Well done Jobs.
Oooh it’s a joke, I’d started to wonder when I first saw it at daringfireball and now here, not that I’m normally gullible. : ) It would’ve been fun if it had been real.
I bought a bridge once for $10,000. You should see it– it’s great. Helps those busy folks in San Francisco get to the country for some rest. Figure I’ll sell it in a few years for a tidy little profit…
Give me credit for that piece of crap Apple Lombard notebook computer I bought for $4000….
I was a guinea pig for their faulty processors and innards.
I’ve got a working Apple II in my mom’s attic with lots of early on software, all on 5″ flippy floppies. Hoping they would be worth something to somebody, someday.
Is there anything for Steve to feel guity about for this model? ha
I’d like to be buried with my Mac SE. That way, in a thousand years, at least one of us will still boot up.
Shares of Apple stock were down on the news.
Of course they were.
Still have a Lisa. Still works. Was nice in it’s day.
Will that $7k be adjust for inflation?
This must be a spoof. If Apple is liable potentially for $70,000 for the Lisa buyers, then …. $70,000/$7000 per unit= 10 Lisa refunds.
@ Captain Curt –> Thanks for contributing some common sense to this thread!