The Apple II cost $1298 (in 1977 dollars, $5444 today). That's with 4K of RAM. The 48K RAM drove the price up to $2638. Disk drives and monitor were extra. The

The Apple II cost $1298 (in 1977 dollars, $5444 today). That's with 4K of RAM. The 48K RAM drove the price up to $2638. Disk drives and monitor were extra. The Apple Lisa cost $10000 (in 1983 dollars, $25522 today). A 512K "Fat Mac" Macintosh cost $3200 (in 1984 dollars, $7829 today). 20 pounds, 9" 1-bit 512x342 display, no hard drive. I think that also didn't include the 400k floppy drive. And it would only work when plugged in. Those were a good deal back then because of the quality of the games and the things they let you do that you couldn't do before. Expectations change uniquely when it comes to computers.