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How Far We’ve Come

I was cleaning out some old files in an ancient file cabinet at my office and found some receipts for purchases of some Apple equipment. Think what you could get for that money today.

Apple Powerbook 5300cs/100. 8MB ram, 500MB hard drive: $1,999

16MB Memory Module: $408.95

Global Village Platinum Pro PC Card (28.8bps fax/modem 10MB newtowrk PCMCIA (PC Card) card): $484

Total: $2,891.95 (purchased Sept. 17, 1996)

PowerMac 7200/120, 16/1.0. 4x CDRom: $1.985.00

– PowerPC 601 processor running at 120Mhz
– 16MB RAM, and 1GB hard disk
– Quad speed CD ROM and 256K level II cache

PowerMac 7200/120, 16/1.2. 8x CDRom: $2,245.00
– PowerPC 601 processor running at 120Mhz
– 16MB RAM, and 1.2GB hard disk
– Eight speed CD ROM and 256K level II cache

PowerMac 7600/132, 16/1.2. 8x CDRom: $2,945.00
– PowerPC 604 processor running at 132Mhz
– 16MB RAM, and 1GB hard disk
– Eight speed CD ROM and 256K level II cache

Multiple Scan 15 Display: $500

Multiple Scan 20 Display: $2,000