Originally Posted by Jafro
My 20" AppleVision in the picture was $1399 when it was new.
I have a receipt for $3450 for a Mac IIci with a 14" Apple RGB display and 32MB of RAM. That computer was considered top-of-the-line in '91. It's worth about $.50 now. I used it with 2 ethernet cards as a router for a while, but it was too slow to even be a router. Someone gave it to me and I accepted it (like an idiot).
I have a Mac Classic door stop, too. I want to turn it into a fish bowl.
:chuckles: Consider what the big boys we're playing with back then.. and the cost of entry...:eek3:
From MACWORLD Magazine, June 1993: Putting Together The Ultimate Mac.
How do you build the ultimate Mac for color publishers, multimedia developers, or product developers? Here's what we recommend (prices are list prices).
1. Basic System: Start with a Quadra 950 ($5609) Add 16 of Newer Technology's 16MB SIMMs to bring the total memory up to 256MB ($10,800)
2. Video Display: Add 1MB of VRAM ($318) to bring the total VRAM to 2MB, which lets the Quadra's builtin in video generate 24-bit display. Attach a 14 inch Apple Monitor ($589) to the internal video. Add a SuperMac Thunder/24 and SuperMatch 2-page Color Display ($5998 together). This setup lets you view image and layout files at full size while keeping tool palettes and other elements on the smaller monitor.
3. Application Acceleration: Add a SuperMac ThunderStorm board to speed up Photoshop and other image editing applications ($999)
4. Storage: Install a DayStar FastCache Quadra cache card ($449) and a MicroNet Raven/ 040e drive array ($4950). Install a MicroNet Q9i-D8000 tape drive ($2495) for back-up. Add Pioneers' DRM 604-X CD-ROM Drive ($1795) ShirtPocket Software's SpeedyCD for caching ($70), and Pinnacle Micro's Recordable CD RCD-202 write-once CD-ROM drive. ($3995)
TOTAL COST: $37,707