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Article content For a few hundred bucks, you could probably procure a fairly reliable used computer, with all the bells and whistles and a whack of memory to boot. Or you could also pick up a second-hand Apple on eBay with few bells and whistles and little memory and no internet connection for … US$1.5 million. No typo. Nor does this Apple’s value have anything to do with the primitive Sony monitor or keyboard or power supply that comes with it. It’s all about its intricate circuit board that has been laid in a fancy piece of Hawaiian Koa wood. It’s an Apple I original, designed and built by Steve Wozniak in 1976 and based on an idea by his then-business partner Steve Jobs. Don’t bother checking your basements to see if you have one long since buried there. There were only about 175 made mostly in Jobs’s garage for the devilish price of $666.66 each, and they didn’t come equipped with power supply, display, keyboard or housing. ....