Cortland, an Apple IIgs prototype

Seen on eBay, a prototype of a machine that isn’t a Mac but is still an Apple device: an Apple IIgs.

A PowerBook G4 DVT prototype

Another PowerBook prototype on eBay, this time a G4. It was also initially listed for $3,000 before going up for auction (a little over $300, with $600 in shipping fees…). It eventually sold for $480.

A DVT prototype of the PowerBook G3 Pismo

Seen on eBay, a prototype PowerBook G3 Pismo. It was first listed for $2,000 before being put up for auction (it was a little over $250 at the time of writing, with shipping fees for France). It eventually sold for $545.

The Palm m520, the first Palm Retina

Seen on an excellent blog, a Palm prototype. Yes, not an Apple prototype, but one from Palm. This is a model with a Retina display, meaning a higher resolution.

A strange charger for Apple Watches in Apple Stores

I had already mentioned it here, but I hadn’t shown the FCC photos: Apple has specific Apple Watch chargers for Apple Stores.

A first-generation iPad prototype with exclusive software

Seen in a video on YouTube, a rather interesting EVT iPad.

Talk To Me by Mainframe: the flexi disc with three programs

Talk To Me? But didn’t I already talk about this record? Yes. However, there’s a second version, released on a flexi disc with the Load Runner magazine. And it contains a program for a computer I hadn’t covered yet, the Dragon 32.

Tesseract, the first of Apple’s PowerPCs

What is Tesseract? It was the codename for the first PowerPC Mac in the 1990s. You can find some photos of this prototype on BitSavers.

Several prototypes of the 6th-generation iPod touch

Seen on Twitter, 6th-generation iPod touch prototypes.

Two iPod touch prototypes

Seen on Twitter, two iPod touch prototypes.