Bryan Villados wrote:
maybe it wasn't... I don't know! However, the comparison between Edsel and Apple II people are quite similar. Quite interesting! If companies were to study brand loyalty and practice their findings, it would be a much better corporate world. All in all, this is probably the heart of why collectors are willing to pay zillions of dollars into legacy hardware and software, and others will not pay 5-cents for the same thing. If you do not understand any of this, then think about why Beanie Babies are now worth less than the PVC beans they're made from. :)
Well, in the case of the AII, there's also some historical significance involved, which would drive the price up in the long term. The personal computer most likely was one of the more important inventions in the history of mankind - unlike Beany Babies I'd wager to guess ;)
I always like to compare it to the first printed Gutenberg Bibles. (There are now about three or four left.)
This was, compared to the finely hand-crafted book the monks made beforehand, basically a mass-produced product.
But you don't even want to *think* about how much you'd have to pay for one of these babies by now.
Regards, Ruud "Mac the Knife slashed Lisa's throat and went in search of Power He saw the old, put Unix on, and died a bloody flower"