Time machine · 30 years ago
Computers in 1996
No computer in our catalogue launched in 1996, but these were on sale. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 512 MB (HP Pavilion); a 2025 flagship phone has 16× that.
$1,999what $1,000 in 1996 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
16×more memory in today's phone than 1996's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1996
51,732×memory growth expected since 1996 from the catalogue trend
Also on sale around 1996
Amiga 1200Commodore · 2 MB · 14 MHz£399IBM ThinkPad 700CIBM · 4 MB · 25 MHz$4,350 → $9,730 todayPackard Bell family PCPackard Bell · 8 MB · 100 MHzGateway 2000 PCGateway · 16 MB · 133 MHzA Pentium PC with Windows 95Generic PC · 16 MB · 133 MHzCompaq PresarioCompaq · 32 MB · 200 MHzHP PavilionHP · 512 MB · 2.8 GHzToshiba Satellite laptopToshiba · 512 MB · 1.6 GHzSony VAIO laptopSony · 512 MB · 1.6 GHz
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