Vintage Rare Apple 20th Anniversary Macintosh Computer (TAM) - Limited Edition
Introduction in March 1997 to mark Apple's 20th year in business rather than the anniversary of the Mac, the "20th Anniversary Macintosh," or TAM as it became known, might look odd by today's standards, but it was a unique machine in its own right.
Its strikingly thin and upright "all-in-one" design housed several novel features, including a built-in 12.1-inch LCD flat-screen display, vertically mounted CD-ROM and floppy drives, and an integrated TV/FM tuner. The TAM ran a modified version of Mac OS 7.6.1 to control these features, while a 250MHz PowerPC 603e CPU and 64MB of RAM ensured performance was nothing to sniff at. It even had a custom Bose sound system with two accompanying speakers and a subwoofer built into the external power supply.
OTHER INFO: Although officially produced in celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary of Apple, the 20th Anniversary Mac was released close to a year after the fact, in late Spring, 1997. And a truly unique Mac it was. The Motherboard was similar to that of the PowerMac 5500, and it was based on the same 603e processor, running at 250 MHz. The real innovation of the 20th Anniversary Mac was its unique shape, and advanced sound and video features. It came with an integrated TV/FM Radio System, an S-Video Input, and a custom sound system designed by Bose, with integrated stereo speakers, and a separate sub-woofer. The Twentieth Anniversary Mac was a limited edition, and sold for nearly $10,000. Its price was cut to as low as $1,999 and it was discontinued in March 1998.
Designed to make a splash, Apple limited production to only 12,000 units globally. Sold from March 1997 to March 1998, its initial price was $7,500. After the initial rush, demand leveled and the price fell to $3,500-4,500.
* Included the Apple Bose speaker in good working order, this speaker alone is listing for $1000 elsewhere on ** video in with photos showing computer starting up*** some room for negotiation - please send message
This TAM is in great cosmetic and operating shape having principally been a display piece in my office.
The photo represents the product well. The machine runs the ancient MacOS 9.1 and is in good working order.
Included components are:* comes with all cables• Keyboard with leather track pad• Ethernet card (installed)• New ethernet cable• Original Apple Sticker• Apple Bose 20th Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh Base Unit TAM Speaker M3459• Apple Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh Low Profile Back Cover TAM 20th (this Tam was upgraded and had the larger back cover) This spare is going for $200 elsewhere on
Additional goodies also included are:- The Big Mac Book- Mac OS 8 software CD- Mac OS 9 software CD- 5 Mac pens- Apple camp USB wristband- Mac Upgrade and Repair book- Mac caribiner- Mac tote bag- CDs of old software- DVD - Triumph of the Nerds: Steve Jobs & Bill Gates & Bob Cringely - An Irreverent History of the PC Industry- Sealed box of 10 3M 3.5" Diskettes- Microsoft Word floppy disks- Microsoft PowerPoint floppy disk- Hard Disk Toolkit™ Version 2.0.1 Crisis Disk- Extensis Suitcase 9 CD- Extensis Suitcase 10 CD- Mac OS In A Nutshell book- Learning UNIX for Mac OS X Panther book- Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac CD with CD key x 2- Extensis Suitcase 8 CD with codes x 2- Stuffit Deluxe 9.0 CD- Apple TV/Video System User's Guide- Mac OS 8.6 Troubleshooting Handbook- Mac OS 8.5 Installation Manual- Misc Mac floppy disks- Color StyleWriter ink cartridges- Other bonus items not mentioned**** Due to its age, I offer no money backs ****