On Dec 19, 2008, at 4:31 AM, Ted Treen wrote (well, MIKO wrote the quoted part):
>> >> The problem is that it was not always- and is only recently- their >> business model! There used to be affordable G4 towers with extra >> drive bays and slots and such and now all we've got, before investing >> gazillions, are notebooks and iMacs! >> Also, never, ever forget that you have to compare historical prices in a constant dollar fashion. Using the CPI inflation calculator here: <http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl> > PowerMac G4 AGp Released October 1999 Release > Price $2499 $2499 in 1999 dollars is $3,186.38 today. > > /(On February 16, 2000, a reduced configuration was introduced -- > M7641LL/A -- for US$1599)/ > > > G4 500DP (GigE) July 2000 > $3499/$3199 > $3199 in 2000 is $4,588.94 today. > G4 867 QS July 2001 > $2499 > > $2499 in 2001 is $2,997.46 today. > MacPro Eight Core Jan > 2008 $2799 In 1999 dollars this costs $2,195.19 Just for shits and grins. An original Mac cost $2495 in 1984. In today's dollars that's over $5000. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
