26 Jan
1999
26 Jan
'99
2:48 p.m.
At 12:51 AM 1/27/99 -0500, Bill wrote:
A lot of people want the latest PC, too. And prices on
PC's are
generally higher; doesn't that indicate greater desirability?
Even to people on this list, how many can honestly say that the
most expensive computer that they own, as measured in the price
that they actually paid, was not a PC or Mac? (I can, but I
strongly suspect I'm an exception.)
I would guess most on this list can. At least those who, for example, bought a
computer in the 1970's. I think my Heath H-19 was about US $600 back when
they were new. I remember dot-matrix printers for $1600. Now add the cost
of a S-100 system to go with it... (My PC was free, a hand me down)
Am sure Apples were also in that price range, as well as TRS-80's (with
disks, printers, etc.) and then I could only look at pictures of a PDP-11.
-Dave