Why Toshiba in 1998 was sold for $ 60,667

An auction house sold a Toshiba Satellite older than 10 years at $ 60,667. Guess what justifies the price.

In the United States, an auction house in Boston auction sold online a laptop Toshiba Satellite Pro 435CDS at $ 60,667. Toshiba Satellite Pro 435CDS? Most of you probably do not know as it is an old machine dating from the 90s, at a time when many people do not yet know exactly what internet.

So why is he sold so expensive now. If you also have an old laptop, do not try to sell it because you may not learn much. If the machine that this auction house has reached such a score, it is because it is the machine with which the first president of the United States email has been sent.

So it was in 1998. At the time, it was not yet very confident to email and the President of the United States (Bill Clinton) did not use even this means of communication. Finally, it is not known at present whether the problem really has been solved.

John Glenn, who was on a mission in the Space Shuttle Discovery, asked to speak with the President of the United States. And Bill Clinton, who was not at the White House, had to borrow the computer of Robert Darling, who was part of his staff, as well as his personal AOL account to meet the astronaut. And it is thus that was sent the first presidential e-mail of the United States of America.

In case you have no idea of ​​what looked like a laptop in the 90s, here is the short history lesson on video. This is quite different from what we have now, is not it?