Indian man has a rare collection of old Apple computers in Dubai

Driven by his passion and admiration for Apple products, Jimmy Grewal, an Indian national who has lived in Dubai for years, collects and restores old Apple computers and accessories.

Grewal sees his collection as one of “the most comprehensive private collections of old Apple computers and accessories in the world”.

It consists of about two hundred Apple computers and accessories produced in the first three decades of the company’s establishment.

Grewal stores his collection in what was previously a company’s small server room in Dubai. The most special items in this collection are two very old Apple 1 computers, which he obtained from an executive at an oil services company.

One of their distinctive features is that they only type in large letters, and there was no delete key because the device was for one-way information input from the keyboard to the screen. Grewal intends to put one of the two devices up for sale on eBay.

He intends to use the proceeds to organize temporary exhibitions in the UAE and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, to give the public the opportunity to see his collection.

Grewal mentioned meeting Apple Co-founder and Apple 1 designer, Steve Wozniak, during an event in Dubai last year.

Wozniak signed the computer that will be up for sale, as well as another computer that Grewal intends to keep in his collection because it has great sentimental value.

Grewal, a father of two, considers it an honor to own and maintain two old Apple 1 computers, especially since they were manufactured right before he was born.