Archive for the ‘Computer History’ Category
Prices in 1999
I was going through some old files yesterday, and I came across the receipt for a monitor, a CD burner, and some CDs that I bout on May 26, 1999 at Costco. The 19″ monitor was $300. 20 burnable CDs were $32.99, and the burner was $389.99. Wow! That was an expensive burner. Now they are less than $50. And for $300, I could get a nice big flat screen.
Total bill $831.42. Crazy!
The 25th Anniversary Of Apple’s “1984″
CNBC has a nice interview with Mike Murray, who was marketing manager of the Macintosh at the time of the “1984″ Super Bowl commercial. They also link to the video.
What that commercial did was it picked up on a particular vibe of a large segment of of American society. Young people, innovators, creative people, people who don’t want to feel like they’re just stuck in the masses. And we felt that way, but I think we also perhaps underestimated what a strong vibe that is.
Old computer receipt
This isn’t really that old, but it is still interesting to see what my first computer cost me (I mean the first one I bought, not my parents) in 1999.
