Time machine · 38 years ago
Computers in 1988
1 computer in the atlas launched in 1988: NeXT Computer. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 8 MB (NeXT Computer); a 2025 flagship phone has 1,024× that.
$2,652what $1,000 in 1988 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
1,024×more memory in today's phone than 1988's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1988
934,902×memory growth expected since 1988 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1988
Also on sale around 1988
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 francsCommodore 128Commodore · 128 KB · 2 MHz$299.95 → $870 todayAtari 520STAtari · 512 KB · 8 MHz$799 → $2,330 todayAmiga 1000Commodore · 256 KB · 7.16 MHz$1,295 → $3,780 todayToshiba T1100Toshiba · 256 KB · 4.77 MHz$1,899 → $5,540 todayAmstrad PCW 8256Amstrad · 256 KB · 4 MHz£399Apple Macintosh PlusApple · 1 MB · 7.83 MHz$2,599 → $7,440 todayAmstrad PC1512Amstrad · 512 KB · 8 MHz£399
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