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To: daniel1212
At $1695 in 1989, the Inflation Calculator, puts the equivalent price in todays deflated money at $3576.

Dude, $3500 will buy a crapload of computing power today. I spent considerably less on the desktop I built last year with 16 cores, and 32GB of ram.

51 posted on 02/11/2021 8:55:11 AM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: zeugma
At $1695 in 1989, the Inflation Calculator, puts the equivalent price in todays deflated money at $3576. Dude, $3500 will buy a crapload of computing power today. I spent considerably less on the desktop I built last year with 16 cores, and 32GB of ram.

Yes, a home-built will save money. Prices have risen but in 2019 I built this for low-cost under $400 (OS not included). I since added 16GB more RAM and a 512GB NVME. Thank God I could.

64 posted on 02/11/2021 11:27:40 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned + destitute sinner + trust Him to save + be baptized+follow Him!)
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To: zeugma

I meant this: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3773784/posts


65 posted on 02/11/2021 11:28:20 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned + destitute sinner + trust Him to save + be baptized+follow Him!)
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To: zeugma
I spent around $3,200.00 for myfirst second computer. An 8 bit monster running at a blazingly fast 4.77 MHz. Two 360K DSDD 5.25” floppies. Amber composite monitor. In today’s dollars that’s $9,200.61
68 posted on 02/11/2021 1:09:31 PM PST by AFreeBird
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