Time machine · 42 years ago
Computers in 1984
5 computers in the atlas launched in 1984: Apple Macintosh (128K), Amstrad CPC 464, Apple IIc, Tandy 1000, Thomson MO5. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 128 KB (Apple Macintosh (128K)); a 2025 flagship phone has 65,536× that.
$3,019what $1,000 in 1984 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
65,536×more memory in today's phone than 1984's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1984
4 million×memory growth expected since 1984 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1984
Apple Macintosh (128K)Apple · 128 KB · 7.83 MHz$2,495 → $7,530 todayAmstrad CPC 464Amstrad (Schneider in Germany) · 64 KB · 4 MHz£249Apple IIcApple · 128 KB · 1.02 MHz$1,295 → $3,910 todayTandy 1000Tandy / Radio Shack · 128 KB · 4.77 MHz$1,200 → $3,620 todayThomson MO5Thomson · 48 KB · 1 MHz2,390 francs
Also on sale around 1984
TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo)Tandy / Radio Shack · 4 KB · 0.89 MHz$399 → $1,520 todaySinclair ZX80Sinclair Research · 1 KB · 3.25 MHz£99.95Commodore VIC-20Commodore · 5 KB · 1.02 MHz$299.95 → $1,040 todaySinclair ZX81Sinclair Research · 1 KB · 3.25 MHz£69.95BBC Micro Model BAcorn · 32 KB · 2 MHz£335IBM PC (5150)IBM · 16 KB · 4.77 MHz$1,565 → $5,400 todayTI-99/4ATexas Instruments · 16 KB · 3 MHz$525 → $1,810 todayNEC PC-9801NEC · 128 KB · 5 MHz¥298,000Commodore 64Commodore · 64 KB · 1 MHz$595 → $1,930 todaySinclair ZX Spectrum 48KSinclair Research · 48 KB · 3.5 MHz£175Dragon 32Dragon Data · 32 KB · 0.89 MHz£199.5Timex Sinclair 1000Timex · 2 KB · 3.25 MHz$99.95 → $320 today
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