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Comment by SalmoShalazar

3 years ago

Do you honestly think the price fixation is “weird”? $3500 is insanely expensive for a consumer product - so expensive that it is flat out unobtainable for many Americans, and an extremely hard sell for many more.

Adjusted for inflation, the PC revolution happened on the back of $5,000+ devices.

  • PC's were a revolutionary device! There was absolutely no other way to do the things a PC allowed you to do at that time.

    • And they were almost a pro only market at that price. Personal computers were c64, atari or amiga, personal pc arrived when they were much cheaper, mid 90