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> The Lisa line predated the Macintosh by one year, launching in 1983 for a pricey $9,995 (about $31,348 today, adjusted)

Imagine being one of the few customers of the Lisa, paying 10K USD for the best personal computer in the world, then the next year it's already deprecated.

> A curious tidbit: Lisas running MacWorks XL originally inspired the term "hackintosh."

I probably would have gone this route, to attempt changing horses mid-stream. Although, according to Wikipedia, the term "Hackintoshing" began as a result of Apple's 2005 transition to Intel's x86-64 processors. With the new ARM-based processors, I've heard this proud tradition of hacking the Macintosh is nearing its end.

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We had one for a while. I can only imagine my dad somehow got it from his work as there was absolutely no way we had a $30K computer on our own dime. A year or two later it was replaced by a 128K Mac, and then later the 512k.

That last one still sits in my basement, and is perpetually on my todo list to do something with it. But I never seem to get to doing anything with it. Also can never decide if I want to try to refurbish it, turn it into an aquarium, etc etc

Please refurb it or find it a home. I used the Apple Lisa way back then and it was a lovely (if unloved) machine. Way too expensive but a real vision of what was to come.

I've come pretty close to refurbing it a couple of times. but usually wind up getting scared off by hazard warnings regarding electric shock from capacitors. Outside of one very minor repair, it's been about 40 years since I've done any sort of electronics work & don't trust myself.

OMG, please please do not turn it into an aquarium. That thing is so rare that it would be a crime! If you aren't up for restoring it, maybe consider selling it (for much $$$) to somebody who would.

Hah yes that one is a thought whose time has passed. It was a trend for a while.

My family bought an Apple IIGS around the same time, and my dad was mad forever that it was essentially a dead end as the Macintosh became the future. We switched to PC after that.

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