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by ivorbuk 808 days ago
486-dx2-66 in 1995, with CD-rom, maybe 16mb of RAM, 100mb HDD. (maybe 20, maybe 200, it was a long time ago).

Without an OS, self built, cost me approx ~£1600 (GBP). Saved all my McJob money for an entire year.

I remember the cost as it was 100% of the money I saved and my desire for more cpu power meant I couldnt upgrade my crt (amber monochrome).

I brought it all home on the bus.

Edit. 95, not 96.

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For comparison in US September 1994

"486dx2-66mhz, 256KB cache, 8MB, 1.44MB fdd, 350MB HDD, SVGA monitor/card, keyboard/mouse."

was $1840 = ~£1200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37851056