Time machine · 20 years ago
Computers in 2006
2 computers in the atlas launched in 2006: Apple MacBook (white, 2006), Apple MacBook Pro (2006). The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 4 GB (Dell Inspiron laptop); a 2025 flagship phone has 2.0× that.
$1,556what $1,000 in 2006 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
2.0×more memory in today's phone than 2006's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 2006
1,388×memory growth expected since 2006 from the catalogue trend
Launched in 2006
Also on sale around 2006
Compaq PresarioCompaq · 32 MB · 200 MHzDell DimensionDell · 128 MB · 800 MHzeMachines PCeMachines · 64 MB · 400 MHzA PC with Windows XPGeneric PC · 512 MB · 2.4 GHzApple iMac G4 (lamp)Apple · 128 MB · 700 MHz$1,299 → $2,270 todayHP PavilionHP · 512 MB · 2.8 GHzToshiba Satellite laptopToshiba · 512 MB · 1.6 GHzApple iMac G5Apple · 256 MB · 1.6 GHz$1,299 → $2,160 todayApple Mac mini (2005)Apple · 256 MB · 1.3 GHz$499 → $800 todaySony VAIO laptopSony · 512 MB · 1.6 GHzDell Inspiron laptopDell · 4 GB · 2.2 GHzLenovo ThinkPadLenovo · 4 GB · 2.6 GHz
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