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		mprovost 30 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple discontinues the Mac Pro The original Mac with 128KB of memory cost $2,495 when Apple released it in 1984. It would be about 3x that in today's money.

intrasight 29 days ago [–]

I came here to say the same. Even with my student discount price of $1000, that's over 3K in today's dollars.

We are so freaking spoiled by the cheap cost of compute now.

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