Terrible terrible packard bell for $2000. Also in an age where they still sold Genesis games, albeit turd games.
ChadPole
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 17:35:18
The computer prices are kind of shocking to me. Were these top-of-the-line in 1996? I'm not sure how you might measure computing power today in a 1996 scale, but I feel as though most Best Buy-advertised computers are in the $600-1000 range.
ChadPole
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 17:35:32
These days.
KJ
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 17:41:17
My first computer was the top of the top of the line. It cost $2999.99 at CompUSA back around 1994 or 1995.
ChadPole
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 18:00:25
Goddamn. PCs aren't improving as quickly today as they were in the 90s, are they?
LordT
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 19:00:56
yes and no, just the processor getting faster not so much - you can cheat a little by putting multiple cores into one chip and reducing the size of the transistors, but no major tech breakthroughs. the real improvements come from bottlenecks being removed (like slow hard drives being replaced with SSD) and integrated architecture. computers are so fast these days, even the worst of programmers can make something functional just about.
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 16:58:05
Terrible terrible packard bell for $2000. Also in an age where they still sold Genesis games, albeit turd games.
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 17:35:18
The computer prices are kind of shocking to me. Were these top-of-the-line in 1996? I'm not sure how you might measure computing power today in a 1996 scale, but I feel as though most Best Buy-advertised computers are in the $600-1000 range.
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 17:35:32
These days.
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 17:41:17
My first computer was the top of the top of the line. It cost $2999.99 at CompUSA back around 1994 or 1995.
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 18:00:25
Goddamn. PCs aren't improving as quickly today as they were in the 90s, are they?
Date_Posted: 2011-09-19 19:00:56
yes and no, just the processor getting faster not so much - you can cheat a little by putting multiple cores into one chip and reducing the size of the transistors, but no major tech breakthroughs. the real improvements come from bottlenecks being removed (like slow hard drives being replaced with SSD) and integrated architecture. computers are so fast these days, even the worst of programmers can make something functional just about.