Time machine · 5 years ago
Computers in 2021
No computer in our catalogue launched in 2021, but these were on sale. The most memory you could get in our catalogue was 16 GB (A PC or laptop with Windows 11); a 2025 flagship phone has 0.5× that.
$1,158what $1,000 in 2021 is worth in 2024 (US CPI)
0.5×more memory in today's phone than 2021's best in the catalogue
0people in the atlas got their first computer in 2021
6.1×memory growth expected since 2021 from the catalogue trend
Also on sale around 2021
HP PavilionHP · 512 MB · 2.8 GHzDell Inspiron laptopDell · 4 GB · 2.2 GHzLenovo ThinkPadLenovo · 4 GB · 2.6 GHzA school ChromebookVarious (Google ChromeOS) · 4 GB · 1.6 GHzA PC with Windows 10Generic PC · 8 GB · 3.5 GHzRaspberry Pi 4Raspberry Pi Ltd · 1 GB · 1.5 GHz$35 → $40 todayApple MacBook Air (M1, 2020)Apple · 8 GB · 3.2 GHz$999 → $1,210 todayA PC or laptop with Windows 11Generic PC · 16 GB · 4 GHz
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