Time machine · 35 years ago
Computers in 1991
1 computer in the atlas launched in 1991: Subor learning machine. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 16 MB (Gateway 2000 PC); a 2025 flagship phone has 512× that.
$2,303what $1,000 in 1991 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
512×more memory in today's phone than 1991's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1991
315,784×memory growth expected since 1991 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1991
Also on sale around 1991
Amiga 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 MHzApple Macintosh ClassicApple · 1 MB · 8 MHz$999 → $2,400 todayApple Macintosh LCApple · 2 MB · 16 MHz$2,400 → $5,760 todayA 386 PC with Windows 3.0Generic PC · 4 MB · 25 MHzA 486 PC with Windows 3.1Generic PC · 8 MB · 66 MHzPackard Bell family PCPackard Bell · 8 MB · 100 MHzGateway 2000 PCGateway · 16 MB · 133 MHz
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