Price is no object at Apple’s new headquarters: opinion


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 11 Jul 2017

The Apple Campus 2 is seen under construction in Cupertino, California in this aerial photo taken January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Noah Berger

Do you remember the NeXT computer, the one Steve Jobs began building in 1985, after he was booted from Apple by then-chief executive John Sculley and the board? 

It was supposed to be a machine built for academia, the ultimate learning tool priced so that universities would be able to buy them in bulk. But Jobs being Jobs, he had particular ideas about what it should look like and how it should be made. 

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