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> for-the-public-at-large True. Most of the people I knew with computers back then had them provided by their work, or bought them for university. But then I
by asciimov 4y ago
> for-the-public-at-large
True. Most of the people I knew with computers back then had them provided by their work, or bought them for university.
But then I lived in a small city in Texas not near a major metro. Most people there didn't buy a home pc until the DotCom boom brought those cheap emachines.
- Consultant32452 4y agoI decided to look it up. In 2000, 51% of households had a computer a 41% had internet. https://www.infoplease.com/math-science/computers-internet/us-households-with-computers-and-internet-use-1984-2014 https://www.infoplease.com/math-science/computers-internet/u...
- hinkley 4y agoAnd by the next year that had jumped to 56% and 50% respectively. That's 25 million Americans who got the Internet in a 12 month period. And that 2000 number was up from 36.6% and 18% in 1997. You can't project backward two years from a 2000 number during that era. You're missing data points during the steepest part of the curve.