Time machine · 36 years ago
Computers in 1990
2 computers in the atlas launched in 1990: Apple Macintosh Classic, Apple Macintosh LC. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 8 MB (NeXT Computer); a 2025 flagship phone has 1,024× that.
$2,400what $1,000 in 1990 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
1,024×more memory in today's phone than 1990's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1990
453,435×memory growth expected since 1990 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1990
Also on sale around 1990
Apple Macintosh PlusApple · 1 MB · 7.83 MHz$2,599 → $7,440 todayAmstrad PC1512Amstrad · 512 KB · 8 MHz£399Atari 1040STAtari · 1 MB · 8 MHz$999 → $2,860 todayAmiga 500Commodore · 512 KB · 7.09 MHz$699 → $1,930 todayApple Macintosh SEApple · 1 MB · 7.83 MHz$2,900 → $8,010 todaySharp X68000Sharp · 1 MB · 10 MHz¥369,000Acorn Archimedes A3000Acorn · 1 MB · 8 MHz£649NeXT ComputerNeXT · 8 MB · 25 MHz$6,500 → $17,240 todayZX Spectrum clone (Pentagon, Didaktik, Scorpion…)Various · 128 KB · 3.5 MHzA 286 PC with MS-DOSGeneric PC · 1 MB · 12 MHzA 386 PC with Windows 3.0Generic PC · 4 MB · 25 MHzPackard Bell family PCPackard Bell · 8 MB · 100 MHz
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