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Originally Posted by kronas
apparently hardware doesent get any cheaper.......i mean remember the pentium 4's when they first came out they were £120 werent they  |
For several years I managed a computer company and during that time the average cost of a system dropped every year but the power of the systems increased dramatically. It is only ten years ago that we were selling 32Mb Fast Page memory for £800. Every item of computer hardware has reduced in price over the years and increased in power.
I was paying several hundred pounds per month for 28k dial-up internet access some ten years ago and would never have dreamt then that you could get todays speeds and at the price they are today.
Not only are computing prices falling every year but they are also getting more powerful. If prices stayed the same they would in reality be cheaper as average wages rise year on year.