Time machine · 28 years ago

Computers in 1998

1 computer in the atlas launched in 1998: Apple iMac G3. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 512 MB (HP Pavilion); a 2025 flagship phone has 16× that.

$1,925what $1,000 in 1998 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)

16×more memory in today's phone than 1998's best in the catalogue

0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1998

25,091×memory growth expected since 1998 from the catalogue trend

Launched in 1998

Apple iMac G3Apple · 32 MB · 233 MHz$1,299 → $2,500 today

Also on sale around 1998

Packard Bell family PCPackard Bell · 8 MB · 100 MHz Gateway 2000 PCGateway · 16 MB · 133 MHz A Pentium PC with Windows 95Generic PC · 16 MB · 133 MHz Compaq PresarioCompaq · 32 MB · 200 MHz Dell DimensionDell · 128 MB · 800 MHz eMachines PCeMachines · 64 MB · 400 MHz A PC with Windows 98Generic PC · 64 MB · 400 MHz HP PavilionHP · 512 MB · 2.8 GHz Toshiba Satellite laptopToshiba · 512 MB · 1.6 GHz Sony VAIO laptopSony · 512 MB · 1.6 GHz

← 1997 All years HP Pavilion vs today's phone 1999 →

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