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To give people a bit of perspective, the Macintosh IIfx was released in 1990 for US$8,969 which in inflation-adjusted dollars is ~$17,500 today. The PowerMacint
by belazeebub 7y ago
To give people a bit of perspective, the Macintosh IIfx was released in 1990 for US$8,969 which in inflation-adjusted dollars is ~$17,500 today. The PowerMacintosh 8100 released in 1994 for ~$4,250 which in today's prices is ~$7,300. The original 128kb Macintosh would be ~$6,100 in today's dollars. Those are all the bottom-end models. By contrast, a Chevy S-10 pickup truck was about $7,000 in 1990 (if my googling was accurate).
- iainmerrick 7y agoYes, the 90s, when Apple were absolutely crushed in price/performance by PCs, and almost went bankrupt as a result.
- rq1 7y agoWhat are you trying to say? Is Apple still using the 90s’ factories and technology?
- sjwright 7y ago> Those are all the bottom-end models. I think you misspoke; the 128k, IIfx and 8100 were all unequivocally top-end models at the time of release.
- belazeebub 7y agoSorry, I meant that the pricing were for the entry-level configuration, not cherry-picked top configurations.
- greedo 7y agoCompletely ignores the fact that technology has gotten drastically cheaper over time.