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Who here was rocking an $11,000 laptop in 1989?
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:01 pm
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I was 9 and probably saving my allowance for the SNES
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:03 pm to stout
My parents paid over $2,000 for our first computer back in the mid-80's.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:06 pm to stout
All I know was in 1993 I paid $250 dollars for a 256K chip to double my memory on the Apple Performa 476
This post was edited on 3/21/25 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:06 pm to Shexter
6 applications on one 360K disk. These days you can't get a printer driver that is less than half a gigabyte.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:08 pm to stout
Our first was a Commodore that used a cassette tape for memory IIRC. I was only 10 at that time, way before 89
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:09 pm to PerplenGold
I remember paying $400 for a 20 megabyte hard drive way back when. It greatly expanded my storage and I didn't know what I'd do with all of that space on the hard drive.
My FIL had an original IBM PC XT. Those babies came out at $7545.
My FIL had an original IBM PC XT. Those babies came out at $7545.
This post was edited on 3/21/25 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:10 pm to stout
I paid $3,200 for a 486 Micron with 140 MB hard drive around 1991 (maybe '92...I forget).
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:11 pm to Shexter
Tandy 1000TX, baby! No hard drive, I installed that RLL? drive on a card later. 640k of freedom, yea! I think we got it in 1990. Look, ma, that paid off a hell of a lot more than anything I did in college!
dBase III "a $695 value"
dBase III "a $695 value"
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:13 pm to stout
space for a 3 and half inch floppy. 
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:22 pm to stout
Back in '97 I paid $650 for a Panasonic 19" computer monitor at Best Buy. Still remember it, what a moron! Over a decade later I remember tossing that same monitor (in perfect working condition) in the dumpster and thinking about those $650.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:43 pm to chryso
to think all that metal/plastic is in landfills now
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:44 pm to Shexter
We had one of these too!
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:45 pm to Palomitz
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19" computer monito
could use a 19" CRT monitor for the Ms. Pac Man game in my office
Posted on 3/21/25 at 2:47 pm to stout
How much is that in today's dollars? Holy shite!
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:04 pm to saturday
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$2,500 in 1985 is equivalent to about $7,380.83 today, an increase of $4,880.83 over 40 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.74% per year between 1985 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 195.23%.
We didn't come from a super wealthy family either.
There's no way I'd pay $7k for a kid's computer in 2025.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:10 pm to stout
$11,000?!?
Son, I just bought a brand new laptop for $160. It has very few bells and whistles, but I'm not doing quantum computing on it. It's perfect for what I need.
Son, I just bought a brand new laptop for $160. It has very few bells and whistles, but I'm not doing quantum computing on it. It's perfect for what I need.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:38 pm to stout
My dad bought a $2200ish 386 25MHz back in 1991.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:49 pm to stout
That guy looked like a Dan Akroyd SNL character.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:54 pm to stout
Closest I got was Gateway Laptop for $2k back in fall 2002. Ran that thing all the way through grad school. If finally croaked in 2012.
Crazy how much things have advanced just since then.
Crazy how much things have advanced just since then.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:00 pm to DakIsNoLB
My dad bought a hand held calculator when they first came out. All it did was add, subtract, multiply and divide. He paid $100.00 dollars for it. Seems like you can get them in gum machines nowadays for a quarter.
He said that was the dumbest thing he ever bought. But it served the purpose I reckon.
He said that was the dumbest thing he ever bought. But it served the purpose I reckon.
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