Time machine · 34 years ago
Computers in 1992
2 computers in the atlas launched in 1992: Amiga 1200, IBM ThinkPad 700C. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 512 MB (Toshiba Satellite laptop); a 2025 flagship phone has 16× that.
$2,236what $1,000 in 1992 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
16×more memory in today's phone than 1992's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1992
219,920×memory growth expected since 1992 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1992
Also on sale around 1992
Acorn Archimedes A3000Acorn · 1 MB · 8 MHz£649NeXT ComputerNeXT · 8 MB · 25 MHz$6,500 → $17,240 todaySubor learning machineSubor · 2 KB · 1.79 MHzZX 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 MHzToshiba Satellite laptopToshiba · 512 MB · 1.6 GHz
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