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Why not adjust for inflation? The original $595 in 1983 would be about $1,997.57 today. Similarly, $199 in 1983 would equal around $647.30 in 2025 dollars.
by kwanbix 1y ago
Why not adjust for inflation?
The original $595 in 1983 would be about $1,997.57 today.
Similarly, $199 in 1983 would equal around $647.30 in 2025 dollars.
- Someone 1y agoAdjusting for inflation over such long time periods in electronics is, IMO, not useful because of the wildly different cost curves of labor and capital. You expect average prices to go up, but electronics to get cheaper over time. Adjusting for performance would be even more ludicrous. The computing power of about any modern smartphone would have cost billions, if not trillions, in 1983. Even this device is much faster than the original (48MHz in Turbo mode). That would make that $2k about $100k, the price of 50 Commodore 64s at launch.