Time machine · 39 years ago
Computers in 1987
3 computers in the atlas launched in 1987: Amiga 500, Apple Macintosh SE, Sharp X68000. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 1 MB (Apple Macintosh SE); a 2025 flagship phone has 8,192× that.
$2,761what $1,000 in 1987 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
8,192×more memory in today's phone than 1987's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1987
1.3 million×memory growth expected since 1987 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1987
Also on sale around 1987
Atari 800XLAtari · 64 KB · 1.79 MHz$299 → $940 todayApple IIeApple · 64 KB · 1.02 MHz$1,395 → $4,390 todayMSX computer (Sony, Philips, Yamaha, Sanyo…)Various (MSX standard) · 64 KB · 3.58 MHzAcorn ElectronAcorn · 32 KB · 2 MHz£199Compaq PortableCompaq · 128 KB · 4.77 MHz$2,995 → $9,430 todayApple 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 francsCommodore 128Commodore · 128 KB · 2 MHz$299.95 → $870 todayAtari 520STAtari · 512 KB · 8 MHz$799 → $2,330 today
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