Monopoly money for 1991 Nubus cards, and a v. peculiar card

[Osgeld]

my god, $3500 back in the 90's would almost be enough to buy a pimped Mac Pro today.

well yes, and it was about the cost of a pimped out home computer back then too...

The price of a top end video card today is pocket change compared to the price of that card back then.

I beg to differ

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=ubuntu&q=Quadro+FX+5800&oe=utf-8&cid=14324056962796127611&ei=Y04DTLazDoGSwQWE9IjMCQ&sa=title&ved=0CBcQ8wIwAzgA#p

[madmax_2069]

well i guess i can retract the last one then (but still) $3500-$5000 today would be like $300-$500 then.

[beachycove]

According to The Inflation Calculator, $3500 in 1991 was $5444 in 2009. Doesn't go to 2010 for some reason, so let's call it a round $5500.

Ouch! ... is that ... my wallet ... bleeding...?

One of the things the younger members of this forum might not appreciate is how expensive Macs, Mac accessories, & Mac software all were back in the 80s and early- to mid-90s. It started to improve after maybe 1997. Today you pay a premium; then you absolutely clobbered. And that, children, is why Apple deserved to just about go out of business.

[Osgeld]

if it is, you better have a darn good reason lol

[Paralel]

There's no data for 2010 because the year isn't over yet. The average rate of inflation can't be calculated for an incomplete year.