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>Windows ran better on a 386DX or a 486 system, but those were expensive in the very early 1990s I paid $3,500 for a 486DX2 66MHz around 1992/93 I can't imagin
by dghughes 5y ago
>Windows ran better on a 386DX or a 486 system, but those were expensive in the very early 1990s
I paid $3,500 for a 486DX2 66MHz around 1992/93 I can't imagine what a 486 would have cost in 1991.
- walrus01 5y agoIf I remember the Dell and competitor ads in PC Magazine from 1991 correctly, a decently specced 486 25 MHz was selling for around $4500-5000. With 14" SVGA monitor.
- secabeen 5y agoMy memory is that the computer you wanted always cost 4-5k, but you could get a machine at 2-3k that was okay, but with lower performance.
- walrus01 5y agoDefinitely, at that point in time there was no such thing as a 486SX, and the 486 was very new. The typical economically pried home desktop PC would be something more like a 386SX/20.