My last custom build from 3 years ago was a little over $3k. For that mass produced box at $2k from over 24ish years prior seems a bit stiff by comparison.
Moores law has been a kind bastard for a long time.
200mhz in 97, with 2GB of hard drive space? Bet it had a 56.6kb modem too. That was all premium components at that time, the ryzen 9, 4TB nvme 5 and wifi 7e/2.5gb ethernet of its day.
In those days you could build it yourself for half the price of a name brand.
Edit: for the downvoters.
Did you ever go to a computer show and sale at a fairgrounds or expo center? Or buy/subscribe to Computer Shopper magazine (the one that looked like a telephone book).
The PC market was completely different in the 90’s.
In 97? That’s a great deal, especially if it came with the monitor.
Guarantee the monitor was not included.
My last custom build from 3 years ago was a little over $3k. For that mass produced box at $2k from over 24ish years prior seems a bit stiff by comparison.
Moores law has been a kind bastard for a long time.
200mhz in 97, with 2GB of hard drive space? Bet it had a 56.6kb modem too. That was all premium components at that time, the ryzen 9, 4TB nvme 5 and wifi 7e/2.5gb ethernet of its day.
$2000 in 1997 is about $3920 today
In those days you could build it yourself for half the price of a name brand.
Edit: for the downvoters.
Did you ever go to a computer show and sale at a fairgrounds or expo center? Or buy/subscribe to Computer Shopper magazine (the one that looked like a telephone book).
The PC market was completely different in the 90’s.