03-28-2015, 05:19 PM
And don't forget 1992's IIfx, available from $9000 to $12000.
Computers got cheaper over the years, but they were comparatively a LOT more expensive in the '70s and early '80s timeframe Woz helped create. The fact that Apple and others helped "move the world forward" was due to the overwhelming things computers could do, not because they were cheap to buy ... merely cheap compared to mainframes.
Apple's putting modern materials and manufacturing into a luxury watch run by a computer. I don't see that as much different today, especially at the $350 starting point. The much greater expense of the "top" model is different in that you're buying materials, not performance advantages, but that's the luxury aspect that was always the goal.
Computers got cheaper over the years, but they were comparatively a LOT more expensive in the '70s and early '80s timeframe Woz helped create. The fact that Apple and others helped "move the world forward" was due to the overwhelming things computers could do, not because they were cheap to buy ... merely cheap compared to mainframes.
Apple's putting modern materials and manufacturing into a luxury watch run by a computer. I don't see that as much different today, especially at the $350 starting point. The much greater expense of the "top" model is different in that you're buying materials, not performance advantages, but that's the luxury aspect that was always the goal.