$14,000 computer before monitor?

Jngrbrdman

Jngrbrdman

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Well, maybe not $14,000 sticker price, but according to an inflation calculator I checked out, what cost $9000 in 1989 would cost $14028.58 in 2005!! That is before the monitor and mouse too. :eek

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I'd say that is pretty unreal. I went to www.alienware.com to price out something comparable. I couldn't even get close to $14,000. I did make it up to $9332.00 though. Just start with this machine and start adding options. It is amazing how far we have come in a short 16 years. My PDA has more than that Tandy has. Plus it included the monitor. :lol
 
I just realized the dollar per RAM value here. $4250 per MB of RAM. :lmfao Uhmmmm.... The comparitive value of my TabletPC would be just over $3.25 million dollars. Bwwahahahahahahahahaahha!!!!
 
A lightning fast 20 MHz, wow. If my computer was that fast now I could watch each word type itself out.
 
tubafeak said:
A lightning fast 20 MHz, wow. If my computer was that fast now I could watch each word type itself out.
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haha. With that setup you probable wouldn't be able to view all the colors on this site! lol. Computer prices has really dropped and gotten alot better than what they use to be I can say that. Alienware is kinda over priced and can get alot better customizing it yourself. I have a $1,500.00 PC that would've cost me around $4,000.00 is I had a company like Dell, Alienware, or IBM build. Can't remember the link but when I find it I will post a setup of a computer system I would love to have. And of course have FreeBSD (FreeBSD=Unix) on it. Windows drives me crazy!
 
Wow I see Microsoft Word 3.0 for 249.00 :lmfao
Hayes 1200 modem for 384.00 a whooper 1.2kbps speed :eek
 
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