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Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:27:17 No.107554460

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Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:27:17 No.107554460

Why have companies given up on the cheap computing niche?
You could get a cutting edge laptop in 1982 for just $100, back when an Apple 2 cost $1500.

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:28:37 No.107554468

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:28:37 No.107554468

>>107554460
That's in 1982's 100 bucks, in todays money that's 330 bucks.
You can easily find brand new computers for that price.

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:28:43 No.107554470

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:28:43 No.107554470

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The world lost its last visionary

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:29:18 No.107554474

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:29:18 No.107554474

>>107554468
/thread

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:31:29 No.107554490

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:31:29 No.107554490

>>107554468
You have to compare it to what computers cost back then, not to some abstract purchasing power of a dollar. Mac Mini equivalent back then cost 3 times as much. So a Timex Sinclair 1000 was about $33 in today's PC cost.

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:32:21 No.107554495

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:32:21 No.107554495

>>107554460
what is an N100 mini pc for $200

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:33:25 No.107554504

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:33:25 No.107554504

>>107554490
this is the dumbest fucking mental gymnastics ever

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:34:34 No.107554520

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:34:34 No.107554520

>>107554460
look to the raspberry pi and its chinese clones

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:37:00 No.107554532

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:37:00 No.107554532

>>107554468
>>107554490
And a 300 dollar computer today can do most things a 3000 one can, office work, browsing, YouTube, Netflix/videos in general, music, light gaming (modern iGPUs are pretty decent even) etc.

Anonymous
12/14/25(Sun)21:38:22 No.107554537

Anonymous 12/14/25(Sun)21:38:22 No.107554537

>>107554520
You can get Ryzen mini PCs for that price, new.

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