Apple Lisa...?

From: Charles P. Hobbs <transit_at_primenet.com>
Date: Sat Apr 19 09:47:14 1997

> >By the way, how much did a Lisa cost new (back in 1983 or whenever)?
> >I remember a price of about $16,000 . . .
> >
>
> $9,995.00US at introduction in January of 1983. But that price did not
> include the 5mb ProFile hard drive which would set you back another
> $3,499.00US.


$3,500 for *5* megabytes? That's $700 per megabyte!

When I think about it, then look at the Zip drive on my desk
($150 for 100 megabytes = $1.50 per megabyte). . .


Now, what was that old saying about "If cars were like computers, they'd
cost about $50 now. . ."
Received on Sat Apr 19 1997 - 09:47:14 BST