Comment by protocolture

Assuming you read my comment, understood exactly what I was outlining, insofar as "26 years ago" is completely irrelevant and you chose to add that nonsequitur, I have located the thinkpad carbon USD launch price and its within cooee of my recollection.

https://www.engadget.com/2013-01-02-lenovo-thinkpad-x1-carbo...

1600 dollars advertised rate via review channels.

And I have confirmed that I wouldnt have been paying much more at all due to currency conversions. AUD/USD 5 cents off parity.

https://www.exchangerates.org.uk/USD-AUD-spot-exchange-rates...

So its still the case that getting a G13 will cost 2-3 times the cost depending on metric for my G1.

But even looking at the data you quoted, the end of the IBM period shows lots of cheap thinkpads. Look at the R40 prices in your own source.

Heck look at these:

765D $6,500 (street! pcmag.com early 97) street $1,999 PC Mag 1 Sep 1998 (-60%) XGA 13.3 first model beyond 12.1" 765L $5459.16 - $6,779.05 street 11/4/97 pcmag.com (765D without cd/modem) street $1,899 PC Mag 1 Sep 1998 (-60%) XGA 13.3

4500 dollar haircut in 12 months?

Thinkpad 500 500 $1,699 IBM PC Direct (PC Mag 31 May 1994), $999 08/24/94

Sub 1000 dollars in 94?