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-=> Rob Mccart wrote to RUG RAT <=-

 RM> I was buying decent used cars cheaper than the cheapest computers back
 RM> in those years so I think it was a little worse at that time, although
 RM> I'm probably thinking more the mid to late 80's when I first got into
 RM> them..

I always felt like market forces drove computers to certain price
points. You'd have a basic PC for $500, a high-end PC for twice that,
and add on more for a gaming PC. As PCs got faster/better, the prices
stayed the same but the power increased.

Chromebooks changed the landscape quite a bit, driving the low-end down.


 
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