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1988 vs. 2008 A Tech Retrospective

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Name: Cobra_R
Date: February 28, 2008 at 13:30:40 Pacific
Subject: 1988 vs. 2008 A Tech Retrospective
OS: Windows Vista Ultima
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon X2 4400+
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A very interesting article about how much computers cost 20 years ago vs today.

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Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: February 28, 2008 at 19:34:23 Pacific
Subject: 1988 vs. 2008 A Tech Retrospective

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My first computer, a commodore 64, cost me $695 in the early 80's. My first PC, a packard bell PB8810, was $950 in '87 or '88. It had a 360K floppy, 30 meg HD, 10mhz 8088 and 640K. And it was on sale.

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