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> Enjoy your $9 computer. 15 years ago a machine with these specs would have cost 1 month of an engineer's salary... I love technological progress! I was about
by noblethrasher 11y ago
> Enjoy your $9 computer. 15 years ago a machine with these specs would have cost 1 month of an engineer's salary... I love technological progress!
I was about to dispute that statement, because I remember that used Dell Latitude C600 laptops (with 512 RAM and 20 GB HDD) were going for about $700 on eBay around 2002. But, that same laptop cost over $4000 just two years prior. So, indeed, that could have been a month's wages for an engineer. Still, it's amazing that something can go from "prohibitively expensive" to "impulse buy" in the span of 3 years.
- mrb 11y agoFor comparable specs, on top of the $4000 you need to add: - 4GB of solid-state storage. This alone was $4000 for 4GB in 2000: http://www.jcmit.com/flash2014.htm http://www.jcmit.com/flash2014.htm - Wireless adapter. They were very rare and expensive back in 2000 but I can't find exact price information