Restored video of Steve Jobs introducing the NeXT computer: A bit of history

Apple history buffs know that on October 12, 1988, Steve Jobs introduced the NeXT computer to the world. NeXT was the company founded by Jobs after his departure from Apple, and it was later purchased by Apple upon his return to the company. The NeXTSTEP operating system used on the NeXT workstation ended up being the core of the Mac operating system as we know it today: Mac OS X. New video of the introduction event was recovered during production of the recent "Steve Jobs" movie, restored as much as possible, and is now available on YouTube.

I recall being at a local introduction that day, watching the event via closed-circuit TV in a banquet room in a nearby hotel. My interest in possibly obtaining one of the workstations dropped to zero once the price was announced -- $6,500 in 1988 dollars (about $13,000 in today's dollars). Enjoy this piece of grainy VHS history: