The Cost of Technology Over the Decades

We always complain when we see the pricetag on that crazy new gadget, or even just that new TV, the cost of But when you look back at some of the electronic wonders Sony and RCA were throwing out on the market 30 years ago, you realize that we really can't complain. Figure inflation into the comparison, and that snazzy HI-DEF Whatever-It-Is seems like a steal. technology Take a trip down memory lane with us as we compare some of our favorite electronics to those of yesteryear: over the decades Game Consoles VS Atari 2600 (1977) Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii $200 $250 $200 today it would be $589 Cellular Phones VS DynaTAC 8000x (1983) Apple iPhone $4,000 $499 today it would be $8,589 Television Sets VS Samsung 50" Plasma HDTV JVC 19" Color TV (1979) $560 $899 today it would be $1,650 Budget Computers Radio Shack ASUS EEE Tandy TRS-80 (1977) All-in-One VS 1.77 MHZ processor 4 kilobytes of RAM No mouse 1.60 GHZ processor 2 gigabytes of RAM 20" Screen $600 $599 today it would be $1,767 Printers HP Dot Matrix (1975) Officejet 6000 VS Prints 1 page/min Black & White Only Prints 32 pages/min Color or B&W Wireless connection $450 $899 today it would be $1,326 Mac Computers Apple II (1977) 27" İMac VS 3.0 GHZ processor 4 gigabytes of RAM 1 TB hard drive Magic Mouse Wireless everything 1MHZ processor 48KB RAM 5.25" floppy drive $2,638 $1,699 today it would be $7,770 newMAConline We always complain when we see the pricetag on that crazy new gadget, or even just that new TV, the cost of But when you look back at some of the electronic wonders Sony and RCA were throwing out on the market 30 years ago, you realize that we really can't complain. Figure inflation into the comparison, and that snazzy HI-DEF Whatever-It-Is seems like a steal. technology Take a trip down memory lane with us as we compare some of our favorite electronics to those of yesteryear: over the decades Game Consoles VS Atari 2600 (1977) Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii $200 $250 $200 today it would be $589 Cellular Phones VS DynaTAC 8000x (1983) Apple iPhone $4,000 $499 today it would be $8,589 Television Sets VS Samsung 50" Plasma HDTV JVC 19" Color TV (1979) $560 $899 today it would be $1,650 Budget Computers Radio Shack ASUS EEE Tandy TRS-80 (1977) All-in-One VS 1.77 MHZ processor 4 kilobytes of RAM No mouse 1.60 GHZ processor 2 gigabytes of RAM 20" Screen $600 $599 today it would be $1,767 Printers HP Dot Matrix (1975) Officejet 6000 VS Prints 1 page/min Black & White Only Prints 32 pages/min Color or B&W Wireless connection $450 $899 today it would be $1,326 Mac Computers Apple II (1977) 27" İMac VS 3.0 GHZ processor 4 gigabytes of RAM 1 TB hard drive Magic Mouse Wireless everything 1MHZ processor 48KB RAM 5.25" floppy drive $2,638 $1,699 today it would be $7,770 newMAConline We always complain when we see the pricetag on that crazy new gadget, or even just that new TV, the cost of But when you look back at some of the electronic wonders Sony and RCA were throwing out on the market 30 years ago, you realize that we really can't complain. Figure inflation into the comparison, and that snazzy HI-DEF Whatever-It-Is seems like a steal. technology Take a trip down memory lane with us as we compare some of our favorite electronics to those of yesteryear: over the decades Game Consoles VS Atari 2600 (1977) Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii $200 $250 $200 today it would be $589 Cellular Phones VS DynaTAC 8000x (1983) Apple iPhone $4,000 $499 today it would be $8,589 Television Sets VS Samsung 50" Plasma HDTV JVC 19" Color TV (1979) $560 $899 today it would be $1,650 Budget Computers Radio Shack ASUS EEE Tandy TRS-80 (1977) All-in-One VS 1.77 MHZ processor 4 kilobytes of RAM No mouse 1.60 GHZ processor 2 gigabytes of RAM 20" Screen $600 $599 today it would be $1,767 Printers HP Dot Matrix (1975) Officejet 6000 VS Prints 1 page/min Black & White Only Prints 32 pages/min Color or B&W Wireless connection $450 $899 today it would be $1,326 Mac Computers Apple II (1977) 27" İMac VS 3.0 GHZ processor 4 gigabytes of RAM 1 TB hard drive Magic Mouse Wireless everything 1MHZ processor 48KB RAM 5.25" floppy drive $2,638 $1,699 today it would be $7,770 newMAConline We always complain when we see the pricetag on that crazy new gadget, or even just that new TV, the cost of But when you look back at some of the electronic wonders Sony and RCA were throwing out on the market 30 years ago, you realize that we really can't complain. Figure inflation into the comparison, and that snazzy HI-DEF Whatever-It-Is seems like a steal. technology Take a trip down memory lane with us as we compare some of our favorite electronics to those of yesteryear: over the decades Game Consoles VS Atari 2600 (1977) Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii $200 $250 $200 today it would be $589 Cellular Phones VS DynaTAC 8000x (1983) Apple iPhone $4,000 $499 today it would be $8,589 Television Sets VS Samsung 50" Plasma HDTV JVC 19" Color TV (1979) $560 $899 today it would be $1,650 Budget Computers Radio Shack ASUS EEE Tandy TRS-80 (1977) All-in-One VS 1.77 MHZ processor 4 kilobytes of RAM No mouse 1.60 GHZ processor 2 gigabytes of RAM 20" Screen $600 $599 today it would be $1,767 Printers HP Dot Matrix (1975) Officejet 6000 VS Prints 1 page/min Black & White Only Prints 32 pages/min Color or B&W Wireless connection $450 $899 today it would be $1,326 Mac Computers Apple II (1977) 27" İMac VS 3.0 GHZ processor 4 gigabytes of RAM 1 TB hard drive Magic Mouse Wireless everything 1MHZ processor 48KB RAM 5.25" floppy drive $2,638 $1,699 today it would be $7,770 newMAConline We always complain when we see the pricetag on that crazy new gadget, or even just that new TV, the cost of But when you look back at some of the electronic wonders Sony and RCA were throwing out on the market 30 years ago, you realize that we really can't complain. Figure inflation into the comparison, and that snazzy HI-DEF Whatever-It-Is seems like a steal. technology Take a trip down memory lane with us as we compare some of our favorite electronics to those of yesteryear: over the decades Game Consoles VS Atari 2600 (1977) Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii $200 $250 $200 today it would be $589 Cellular Phones VS DynaTAC 8000x (1983) Apple iPhone $4,000 $499 today it would be $8,589 Television Sets VS Samsung 50" Plasma HDTV JVC 19" Color TV (1979) $560 $899 today it would be $1,650 Budget Computers Radio Shack ASUS EEE Tandy TRS-80 (1977) All-in-One VS 1.77 MHZ processor 4 kilobytes of RAM No mouse 1.60 GHZ processor 2 gigabytes of RAM 20" Screen $600 $599 today it would be $1,767 Printers HP Dot Matrix (1975) Officejet 6000 VS Prints 1 page/min Black & White Only Prints 32 pages/min Color or B&W Wireless connection $450 $899 today it would be $1,326 Mac Computers Apple II (1977) 27" İMac VS 3.0 GHZ processor 4 gigabytes of RAM 1 TB hard drive Magic Mouse Wireless everything 1MHZ processor 48KB RAM 5.25" floppy drive $2,638 $1,699 today it would be $7,770 newMAConline We always complain when we see the pricetag on that crazy new gadget, or even just that new TV, the cost of But when you look back at some of the electronic wonders Sony and RCA were throwing out on the market 30 years ago, you realize that we really can't complain. Figure inflation into the comparison, and that snazzy HI-DEF Whatever-It-Is seems like a steal. technology Take a trip down memory lane with us as we compare some of our favorite electronics to those of yesteryear: over the decades Game Consoles VS Atari 2600 (1977) Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii $200 $250 $200 today it would be $589 Cellular Phones VS DynaTAC 8000x (1983) Apple iPhone $4,000 $499 today it would be $8,589 Television Sets VS Samsung 50" Plasma HDTV JVC 19" Color TV (1979) $560 $899 today it would be $1,650 Budget Computers Radio Shack ASUS EEE Tandy TRS-80 (1977) All-in-One VS 1.77 MHZ processor 4 kilobytes of RAM No mouse 1.60 GHZ processor 2 gigabytes of RAM 20" Screen $600 $599 today it would be $1,767 Printers HP Dot Matrix (1975) Officejet 6000 VS Prints 1 page/min Black & White Only Prints 32 pages/min Color or B&W Wireless connection $450 $899 today it would be $1,326 Mac Computers Apple II (1977) 27" İMac VS 3.0 GHZ processor 4 gigabytes of RAM 1 TB hard drive Magic Mouse Wireless everything 1MHZ processor 48KB RAM 5.25" floppy drive $2,638 $1,699 today it would be $7,770 newMAConline