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A Big Tech Company Buried 2,700 Early GUI PCs in 1989 and Shaped Today’s Desktop

Josh1 min read

Computers in a landfill.In September 1989, a Big Tech company sent 2,700 unsold GUI-era PCs to a landfill in Utah, with guards on site to stop anyone from salvaging them. The machine, introduced in 1983 and priced around $5,000 to $10,000, flopped commercially, and the mass disposal helped turn the surviving units into six-figure collectibles. On a stretch […]

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