tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089220505754989935.post5048412307839715119..comments2024-03-25T03:21:26.242-04:00Comments on Ghost Lounge: Apple Computers, Did They Have A Pact With The Devil?Catnipthymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15215345494622251219noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089220505754989935.post-85168047920354650122010-11-17T10:21:50.722-05:002010-11-17T10:21:50.722-05:00The price is still rather odd? Why not $666.00 (wh...The price is still rather odd? Why not $666.00 (which would make more sense). Or the "classic" $599.00 (to make the consumer believe they are getting a bargain). These two guys were very close to the "hippie" era and all the college raticals of the time. I would believe they knew.Catnipthymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215345494622251219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089220505754989935.post-59707628831867870282010-11-16T19:14:00.347-05:002010-11-16T19:14:00.347-05:00I'm only mildly superstitious (but not religio...I'm only mildly superstitious (but not religious), but 666 does freak me out! I know why but that's another story! Haha!<br /><br />That said, when the Apple 1 was first released, they couldn't decide on a price for it, although it was preliminarily set for $500. Steve Wozniak (unaware at its "alternative symbolism") added a third to get $667. He then decided that it might be better having all the same number, so set it at $666.66! Perhaps he needed more than market research to pull that one off!! >> http://news.cnet.com/1606-2-5937610.html?tag=nl.e433Companion Wulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521113555249218396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089220505754989935.post-32896727955451726702010-11-15T20:53:26.134-05:002010-11-15T20:53:26.134-05:00Lol! Wrote the post because of a recent GA show. I...Lol! Wrote the post because of a recent GA show. It showed Zac was getting on his EMF reader 666. And how freaked out he was getting.Catnipthymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215345494622251219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089220505754989935.post-41076258637926560062010-11-15T14:56:23.251-05:002010-11-15T14:56:23.251-05:00Interesting, I wonder what the idea behind the pri...Interesting, I wonder what the idea behind the price amount was? Who knows what they were thinking at the time. I tend to stay away from the triple sixes.Julie Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460274888229792456noreply@blogger.com