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by nullindividual 900 days ago
PC parts were generally quite expensive in the 90s. Most prices have fallen over time for all components when taking inflation into the equation (as well as absolute dollars, see storage/RAM), except GPUs.

> Intel’s popular 33 Mhz 486 CPU cost PC makers $1,056 in 1990 in quantities of 1,000.[0]

Let's not make this into a car comparison thread -- they're never valid comparisons.

[0] https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-23-fi-4940-s...