Time machine · 51 years ago
Computers in 1975
1 computer in the atlas launched in 1975: Altair 8800. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 256 bytes (Altair 8800); a 2025 flagship phone has 33.6 million× that.
$5,831what $1,000 in 1975 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
33.6 million×more memory in today's phone than 1975's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1975
103.1 million×memory growth expected since 1975 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1975
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