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That’s an incredibly high price. Of course, 1994 was before the Euro, but I’m assuming there’s a conversion factor you’re using. That being said, I don’t reme
by projektfu 7y ago
That’s an incredibly high price. Of course, 1994 was before the Euro, but I’m assuming there’s a conversion factor you’re using.
That being said, I don’t remember the exact price of OS/2 Warp but it was in the neighborhood of $100 and there were lots of specials to get it in peoples’ hands. IBM was first to market and had software to run windows 16-bit apps. I used OS/2 in college until the CS classes requiring 32-bit windows software that didn’t have OS/2 equivalents. (e.g. Borland C++ Builder)
Microsoft won the software chicken-egg problem.
- pjmlp 7y agoThat was 1991, OS/2 1.x was the current version, with version 2.0 being previewed in magazines. The 500 euro difference was for an IBM PC with MCA architecture with OS/2 instead of MS-DOS/Windows 3.0. PC prices were still incredible high during the 90's, everyone was buying them on credit. 2002 was the first time I managed to buy a PC without credit, thanks to a very nice startup salary during the .com wave.
- projektfu 7y agoYeah, I remember the constant begging to upgrade from our C64 to something faster, culminating in a Mac LC in 1992-3 ($2500 with monitor?)