The Macintosh SE, which did not find a buyer at the Tuesday auction, came out in 1987 and its hard drive shows it was used by Jobs for weekly tasks such as recruiting, planning travel, accessing a private virtual Rolodex, typing documents and scheduling meetings, including a missed meeting with King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, according to aJobs, who passed away in 2011, was famous for co-founding Apple Inc. and later became the face of the company.
Jobs’ old computer was part of the History of Science and Technology auction, held by Bonhams, which featured physical items of technology as well as documents linked to key moments or individuals in the history of tech. According to Bonhams, the Macintosh SE was used by Jobs during an “important” time in Jobs’ technological development — his time away from Apple.
Although the Macintosh SE looks boxy and old-fashioned to the modern eye, at the time it was an exciting piece of technology. The hard drive includes traces of Jobs' life and tasks at that time, including suggestions that his daughter sometimes used the computer. Bonhams' description states that the InterMail system is registered under the name Lisa, and that Microsoft Word was registered for that computer in 1992 under Lisa/Life.