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   -=> Rob Mccart wrote to RUG RAT <=-   
      
    RM> I was buying decent used cars cheaper than the cheapest computers back   
    RM> in those years so I think it was a little worse at that time, although   
    RM> I'm probably thinking more the mid to late 80's when I first got into   
    RM> them..   
      
   I always felt like market forces drove computers to certain price   
   points. You'd have a basic PC for $500, a high-end PC for twice that,   
   and add on more for a gaming PC. As PCs got faster/better, the prices   
   stayed the same but the power increased.   
      
   Chromebooks changed the landscape quite a bit, driving the low-end down.   
      
      
       
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