| Tuesday, March 26, 2002 |
13:57 - PowerBook 2400: Why Apple is Big in Japan
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51283,00.html
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Speaking of Japan, here's a fascinating Wired story about the PowerBook 2400-- Apple's 1997 laptop designed specifically to capture the hearts of the Japanese commuting business public. And that's exactly what it did... far beyond anybody's expectations. The little machine is now the VW Beetle of laptops, constantly souped-up and customized by fanatics paying as much as $25,000 for a used unit. The machine has user groups and fan sites-- take a look at the Japanese site that the Wired article links to that compares the beauty of the 2400's underside to that of dozens of other laptops, by way of proving the aesthetic superiority of the beloved 2400.
See, even before Jobs returned, Apple was pulling surprises like this out of its butt. I wonder what the next such sleeper hit will be...
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