[kleiba]

Fact: In the 1990s a reasonable capable computer was a significant expense on the order of $1K, and likely to be obsolete within 5 years.

Most people's main "computer" these days is a smart phone with a similar price tag and a much shorter shelf live.

[rsynnott]

$1k 1990 dollars is about $2500; approximately no smartphones are that expensive.

Even $1k smartphones would be a small part of the market; you're basically talking about things like the iPhone Pro, which is not the mainstream option.

[michaelt]

IDK, $1000 is brand-new-flagship-phone territory (albeit for the bottom storage tier). I'd wager most people aren't buying flagship models brand new.

[zeroonetwothree]

My phone is more than five years old and still works fine. Also it cost like $600 not $1k and adjusting for inflation it’s even cheaper

[ssl-3]

Sure.

But the dollars were ~twice as big ~30 years ago. A $1k pocket supercomputer today costs roughly half of what a $1k desktop PC did in 1995.

[MarkusWandel]

Mine cost CAD$140 on special at Costco. It'll be perfectly fine for my needs for 3+ years.