A Big Tech Company Buried 2,700 Early GUI PCs in 1989 and Shaped Today’s Desktop
Key Takeaways Apple buried 2,700 Lisa computers in Utah in September 1989 after the PC flopped. Apple Lisa units priced up to $10,000 became six-figure collectibles after the burial. Apple’s 1989 disposal shows how destroying inventory can create decades of collector scarcity. On a stretch of Utah landfill in September 1989, 2,700 Apple Lisa computers…
