Time machine · 32 years ago
Computers in 1994
No computer in our catalogue launched in 1994, but these were on sale. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 512 MB (Toshiba Satellite laptop); a 2025 flagship phone has 16× that.
$2,117what $1,000 in 1994 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
16×more memory in today's phone than 1994's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1994
106,663×memory growth expected since 1994 from the catalogue trend
Also on sale around 1994
Subor 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 todayAmiga 1200Commodore · 2 MB · 14 MHz£399IBM ThinkPad 700CIBM · 4 MB · 25 MHz$4,350 → $9,730 todayA 486 PC with Windows 3.1Generic PC · 8 MB · 66 MHzPackard Bell family PCPackard Bell · 8 MB · 100 MHzGateway 2000 PCGateway · 16 MB · 133 MHzCompaq PresarioCompaq · 32 MB · 200 MHzToshiba Satellite laptopToshiba · 512 MB · 1.6 GHz
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