> The PC market was very good at catering to every price point. No wonder, it's because processors were actually cheap, but higher price points were created ar

> The PC market was very good at catering to every price point. No wonder, it's because processors were actually cheap, but higher price points were created artificially. Great example is Intel 486SX ($333) vs 486DX ($588). In fact, they had to disable co-processor in 486DX in order to produce 486SX, so SX net cost per unit was higher. [1] Referenced article has many more such anecdotal examples. [1]: https://www2.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/langinier/teaching2005/615-fall2005/paper-hom2/damagegoods.pdf https://www2.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/langinier/teaching2005...