[ctdonath]

Amazed? vs. 5 years ago? Dang! 30+ years ago I got a computer for $100: a ZX80 kit (you solder it), with 1KB total RAM and no display or storage. Now, for an inflation-adjusted cost of just 38% that price, you get a tablet capable of wirelessly taking & editing & publishing video to the world. OK, these cheap tablets suck compared to good modern hardware, but they're still a million times the computer I started on.

[ctdonath]

Comparing the ZX-80 kit to the most popular product (a toy) at the thread's source, the latter has: 170x clock speed, 4000x memory, and 13x resolution (170x pixels), plus sound, screen, camera (video!), networking (wireless!). If we consider those three dimensions, that comes out to some 487x more computer for a third the cost.