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Looking back on old computer reviews
pinwheel man
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When I look back through old computer reviews on websites such as PC Pro or Computer Shopper, for example, I always find it funny reading the reviews on computers that cost nearly £2000 and had 2GB of RAM, whereas these days with the entry level computers,4GB of RAM as a minimum seems to be the norm!
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Probably most things people do with computers now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkKN4ZXqWTU
And now you can buy a tablet that does all that for £150! :eek:
I think you mean 2 Mb of ram lol
Go back from them a couple of years and I spent well and truly over £2k on a 386 with 4mb ram, SVGA monitor and a laser printer.
Well before that some of us radio hams were using packet radio and OSCAR satellite communication.
http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/images/Elliott%20405%20Fred1.jpg
I remember when a friend of mine got her first computer in 1998 and she bragged about all the multimedia stuff and I was rather envious because I didn't have a multimedia PC at the time It came with Windows 98 and even though I'm a Machead now I still have fond memories of that OS. How much would £1000 be now (taking inflation into account)?
Using http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ppoweruk/
Current data is only available till 2010. In 2010, £1,000.00 from 1998 is worth
£1,370.00 using the retail price index
£1,560.00 using average earnings
However http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html
reckons £2,097.90 :eek:
I do remember using a slide rule and log tables. My first calculator was the Sinclair Scientific which came in kit form. In real terms it cost more than many modern computers.
I could buy a top-end Macbook Pro Retina for that money
I was very thankful when I got a Casio digital calculator watch one Christmas. I could do Math on my wrist!!!!!! Amazing!
In many ways a lot more than now. People had to really think about what they did and how they did it. It helped people write very lean and efficient code.