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.
>>107554460That's in 1982's 100 bucks, in todays money that's 330 bucks. You can easily find brand new computers for that price.
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>>107554468You 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.
>>107554460what is an N100 mini pc for $200
>>107554490this is the dumbest fucking mental gymnastics ever
>>107554460look to the raspberry pi and its chinese clones
>>107554468>>107554490And 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.
>>107554520You can get Ryzen mini PCs for that price, new.
>>107554490The inflation-corrected dollar value is exactly how one compares purchase prices from different eras. That's why charts like this one exist:https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
>>107554460>You could get a cutting edge laptop in 1982 for just $100,
>>107555608Unironically you can get a used M1 Macbook for 300 bucks these days.
>>107554460Lack of customer demand for that style which is a niche customer interest. Phones and tablets ARE cheap computers that style would have to compete with while also competing with abundant used and more powerful PCs. Adding a bluetooth keyboard and mouse (or combination keyboard with integral trackpad) is easy as pairing. Tablets often have aftermarket cases with integral bluetooth keyboards (which could of course be paired with a phone).
