I'm always annoyed at the "my shiny new desktop is faster than that old Cray". A better comparison would be "how fast a computer can you buy for 2m 1990 dollar

I'm always annoyed at the "my shiny new desktop is faster than that old Cray". A better comparison would be "how fast a computer can you buy for 2m 1990 dollars adjusted for inflation?". That's more than US$3.7m; that's a lot of computer. I got to use a Y-MP48 in the old days. Good times.