Holy carp, that $3,495 is for a refurbished one. The new one (see the fine print) is $4,495. Let’s see, computer or car?
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And you need to cough up another $1500 for the controller.
Just this last spring, we shelled out a whopping $365 for a new Windows 10 (yeah, I know) laptop with 500GB hard drive, and a reasonably fast processor from ASUS. More than what we need with respect to surfin' the net, sending emails, and doing light document and spreadsheet work. That's what, $120 in 1980 dollars? A couple of good months of paper route money and tips. That same $4,495 today would be $13,700 today.