Rare photo shows stack of Apple 1 computers in Steve Jobs’ bedroom warehouse

BY Kelly Hodgkins

Published 16 Oct 2013

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Apple certainly had humble beginnings — operating out a garage and apparently a bedroom in the suburban house of the late Steve Jobs.  The company’s grass roots start is epitomized in the photo above, which captures a stack of original Apple 1 computers that are ready for delivery. These now vintage computers are not being housed in some fancy warehouse, but allegedly in Steve Jobs’ bedroom right next to some drawers. The photo was obtained and published by the Daily Mail.

The photo, though to be taken by Steve Jobs himself, surfaced as alongside an auction for an original Apple 1 computer. The Apple 1 on the auction block has been owned by the same tech enthusiast for the past thirty years.  It includes the original white shipping box and is in flawless working and cosmetic condition. The unit is considered to be the “world’s best” Apple 1 computer and is one of only 11 models that remain today.

This never-before-seen photo was taken in 1976 when Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were in their early 20s. On top of the drawers, you can see a monitor that was likely used to test the machines. There’s also a soldering iron and some wire on the desk in the room. It’s a wonderful look at the early days of Apple and is a reminder how something so big as Apple can start out so small.

[Via The Daily Mail]