> the Lisa was pretty expensive even for its time, and many attribute its commercial failure to this. A Lisa was about $10,000. The Alto wasn't for sale to th

> the Lisa was pretty expensive even for its time, and many attribute its commercial failure to this. A Lisa was about $10,000. The Alto wasn't for sale to the public, but it's successor, the Xerox Star was. A Xerox Star "starter kit" was about $75,000, and included a workstation for end user use, a workstation to act as a file, print and mail server, and a laser printer all networked together. Once you bought the "starter kit" you could get additional workstations for $16,000. There was a recently linked blog post about restoring an HP workstation from the same era that retailed for $25,000. https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/repairing-a-25000-hp-workstation-to-run-pac-man/ https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/repairing-a-25000-hp-worksta...