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To: GeronL
the prices from those days just kill me

Yeah. I recall that people claim that Apple's original 32 bit Mac was too expensive at $2495 without a hard drive. However, i did a comparison of the cost of a basic IBM-PC XT which was the current PC in release in1984, one floppy, 512K of RAM and a Green screen monitor, was also $2495. Steve Jobs wanted the Mac to sell for $1695 to $1995 and it was built to sell for that but he was overruled by the CEO of Apple. But contrary to the claims of the anti-Apple crowd, what it was was competitive with the name brands. It did not compete with the cut-rate cloners though that came later.

What IS amazing is to look at these prices in comparison to today's dollars.

67 posted on 11/20/2014 12:25:53 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: Swordmaker

I first saw a personal computer in 1983. I had a relative who was a Stanford professor and Stanford had some kind of deal with Apple where their professors could get one fully loaded with printer etc for $5,000/

His wife was also a professor. Neither of them were in the science field. What do you think they loved that computer for that made life a lot easier for them?


72 posted on 11/20/2014 5:00:41 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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