> Just to put things into perspective, a week's groceries, these days, for a > family of four, cost about $150, a decent mid-priced car costs $15000, and a > farily well equipped and appropriately designated personal computer with a > 400MHz pentium, 8GB HDD, 64MB of RAM, OS installed, all the multimedia > features, plus a current-generation modem (V.90) costs $400 less the monitor > with monitors costing $139 for a 15" and $300 for a 20" type. These prices > are from Best-Buy's ad in last Sunday's paper. You can probably do better > if you shop.

These prices are also based on technology that has had 50 years to mature, and therefore the comparison is entirely invalid.