Ah, the grand tale of Apple and their love affair with the landfill! In 1989, the tech giant made headlines for dumping a staggering 2,700 computers into a landfill. One has to wonder: was it a bold environmental statement? A new form of recycling? Or just an early prototype of the "throw it away, we’ll make a new one" business model? Let’s travel back to 1983, when the Lisa was supposed to revolutionize computing. With its flashy GUI and a mouse that was as revolutionary as a new flavor of ice cream, Apple thought they had struck gold. The hype was real, folks! People were lining up like it was the latest iPhone release, ready to embrace the future. Little did they know, the future included a one-way ticket to the junkyard. Fast forward a few years: the excitement had faded, and with it, the Lisa's reputation. Apparently, when you sell a computer that costs more than a small car but can barely handle a word processor, it doesn’t take long to find yourself in a landfill, pondering your life choices. Now, you might ask, what happened to those computers? Were they too advanced for mere mortals? Were they just waiting for the day when vintage tech would become a hipster’s treasure? More likely, they were simply the victims of Apple's relentless pursuit of "innovation." You see, in a world where the newest model is always better, who has time for old tech? Those 2,700 computers were a casualty in the war against obsolescence, a lesson that if you can’t keep up with the latest trends, it’s best to just toss you aside like yesterday's news. And here we are today, with Apple still leading the charge in planned obsolescence. Remember when they told us that the iPhone 14 would literally change our lives? Spoiler alert: it won’t. But it will have us trading in our last-gen models like they’re not even worthy of a second glance. So, let’s raise our glass to Apple for their commitment to keeping landfills stocked with yesterday’s dreams. It’s a bold strategy, one we can all admire from a distance—much like we admire the Lisa as just another quirky chapter in tech history. Perhaps the real lesson here is that in the tech world, yesterday's cutting-edge becomes tomorrow's landfill filler. So, if you ever wonder what happened to those 2,700 computers, just remember: they’re living their best life now, buried beneath the earth, dreaming of a time when they were the "next big thing." Cheers to innovation! #Apple #Lisa #TechHistory #Innovation #LandfillStories