A 286 PC was powerful enough for many people to use it as their workstation in the late 80's. My first PC was a 486, and it was already basically doing the same

A 286 PC was powerful enough for many people to use it as their workstation in the late 80's. My first PC was a 486, and it was already basically doing the same stuff we do today on a laptop, just with A LOT less memory and much lower screen resolution. It was very responsive too (except when trying to connect to the internet via the phone line)!