Time machine · 27 years ago
Computers in 1999
1 computer in the atlas launched in 1999: Apple iBook G3 (clamshell). The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 512 MB (HP Pavilion); a 2025 flagship phone has 16× that.
$1,883what $1,000 in 1999 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
16×more memory in today's phone than 1999's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 1999
17,474×memory growth expected since 1999 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 1999
Also on sale around 1999
Packard Bell family PCPackard Bell · 8 MB · 100 MHzGateway 2000 PCGateway · 16 MB · 133 MHzCompaq PresarioCompaq · 32 MB · 200 MHzDell DimensionDell · 128 MB · 800 MHzeMachines PCeMachines · 64 MB · 400 MHzApple iMac G3Apple · 32 MB · 233 MHz$1,299 → $2,500 todayA PC with Windows 98Generic PC · 64 MB · 400 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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