short article in Wired about popularity in Japan of old Macs and Newtons
"Where Old Macs Go Off to Thrive"
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51231,00.html
...
"The store also has a line on Newtons =AD- the original PDA pioneered by Appl=
e
that now seem so slow and clunky. A used Newton goes for 108,000 yen
($1,000). An unused one is 128,000 yen ($1,300). Goshu Trading stocks fewer
than 10, a bunch of Newton accessories, and an e-Mate, an antiquated
PDA-cum-sub-notebook that has disappeared into the mists of computer
history. "
[the prices seem high, and some readers here might question "slow and
clunky" and "antiquated"...]
--=20
Steve
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