Ethan Dicks wrote:
> For comparison, a "standard package" color IBM PC/AT (5170) w/dot
> matrix printer and hard disk (larger than the Pro, admittedly) was $5K
> at launch in 1985, IIRC.
$5,000 in 1985 is the equivalent of $9876.79 in 2008.[*]
I know we all realize that inflation is eating away at the value of
currency, but it really has picked up quite a bit in the last decade
such that even 1985 currency is quite different from today.
That just floors me because in 1986 I took out a $4,000 loan to get an
Amiga 1000 with dual flopppy drives and a monitor. (I also got the extra
CHIP ram expansion thingy on the front.)
[*]
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi
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