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The things on the left side of the graph were relatively inexpensive consumer devices while the things on the right were generally more expensive. The author's
by crusso 15y ago
The things on the left side of the graph were relatively inexpensive consumer devices while the things on the right were generally more expensive.
The author's surprise that the color tv or cell phone weren't more quickly adopted seems ignorant of price considerations. Color televisions and cell phones were very expensive when they were introduced.
- callmeed 15y agoWhen you consider all the D batteries I had to buy for my boom box, it was pretty expensive ;)
- keithpeter 15y ago+1 My Panasonic took 8 of those Seriously, the boombox was relatively low cost of entry, and the distributed stand-alone nature of the device. You didn't need connections, signal strength &c. Just some music. Correlates with Kodak box camera in the 19th/20th century?