Our first computer that was purchased (not made from parts acquired from government surplus), was a Gateway 2000, 486, around 1992ish. That was back when they were cool for their ads in computer magazines and the towers were 3 feet tall. Pretty sure that it was around $3000.
My first laptop, I bought in '96, cost $3000. The laptop i bought last year, $500. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 11:26 AM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since my first PC compatible, I've been building, well assembling my own, > desktops, and I'm pretty sure that with judicious reuse of components, none > of my computers have ever cost $2500 initially. The one I want to build now > might come close. > > > On 2/12/2014 2:01 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> >> I think my first Mac (Mac+, 1987-88) was about $2250. Every one since then >> has been in the $1800-2200 range. >> >> stan >> >> On Feb 12, 2014, at 1:28 PM, John <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2/12/2014 7:46 AM, CollinB wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember >>>>> what >>>>> the first XT's cost? >>>>> >>>>> Alan C >>>> >>>> When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on >>>> the >>>> system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. >>>> >>> I remember John Dvorak writing in PC magazine that what Moore's Law >>> really meant was that while computing power would double every 18 months >>> or so, the computer you'd *want* would always cost $2500. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
