Time machine · 50 years ago
Computers in 1976
1 computer in the atlas launched in 1976: Apple I. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 4 KB (Apple I); a 2025 flagship phone has 2.1 million× that.
$5,513what $1,000 in 1976 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
2.1 million×more memory in today's phone than 1976's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1976
71.8 million×memory growth expected since 1976 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1976
Also on sale around 1976
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