[X4U] Price of the mini

[Paul Moortgat]

If I calculate the US price and the euro in Belgium for a mini then a 
US mini would cost here 200$ more than in the US.

Paul Moortgat

On 13 Jan 2005, at 22:37, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> It's pretty amazing when you consider what you get for $499. 
> Especially when you look at the price of computers over the last 20 
> years. I recently found a bunch of old invoices for old computers 
> we've purchased over the years.
>
> Prices are in Canadian dollars
> Dual 1.0 GHz G4 $4644.00  Feb 2002
> PowerMac G3 Desktop 266MHz $3259.00 Feb 1998
> PowerMac G3 Tower 300MHz $4259.00 Nov 1997
> Powermac 9500/132MHz $7299 Feb 1996
> Quadra 950 $8059.00 Dec 1992
> LCIII $3299.00 May 1992
>
> All of these came with a mouse and keyboard only. Monitors were extra.
>
> And now for $499.00 (USD) I can get a computer that can outperform all 
> of them.
>
> Makes you wonder what the price will be 10 years from now?
>
> Mark Des Cotes
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