Computers have come a long way

[TheGreatSatan]

This is the from 1st issue of Maximum PC back in 1998. Look at the insane cost of everything!

[Collinstheclown]

$3,100 for a gig of RAM. $1,600 for 18GBs of HDD space. Gotta love it!




-CollinstheClown

[Spawn-Inc]

wow, i always love seeing stuff like this. that ram is the cost of my current pc.... and that is when i bought it. now its worth the hard drives... dammit.

[XcOM]

jesus, its supuriising how excpencive things were, and to think i had most of that stuff in the dream PC back then for near enough free! (Knew someone in the trade of fixing broken parts)

[FuzzyPlushroom]

"Tin of kippers". Brilliant!

I've got a few Dream Machine processors to give away, by the way. *grin* For that matter, I've got a few K6-2/333s too...

Oh, and up until a couple years ago, the budget machine's CD-ROM drive was the same one I ran in my computer. And those ALPS floppy drives are indestructible.

[Datech]

I love the Budget's OS: Linux $0.

And I still use the Logitech MouseMan+.

Hitachi 19 inch monitor $600, with a resolution of what? 1024x768 that won't display correctly for another two years? lol. I just ordered a widescreen 1440x900 19" for $99, and that will probably drop off another $10-20 in the next 6 months.

[CodyOdiOdi]

Is it sad that the price of the RAM is equal to the cost of my computer x5?

[Luke122]

My current rig cost me $0, including the OS. The only thing I spent money on was WoW.

[TheGreatSatan]

I just had to capture this. It's the back cover of the same issue. Just hilarious!!

[nevermind1534]

I have a Dell P120C sitting in my closet (came with a Pentium 120MHz). I was using that keyboard until it died, and I have the Altech Lansing speakers sitting in a drawer right next to me.