It's pretty much always been that way. In the late seventies/early eighties a number of the new software producers were wondering just what the "right" price for their products should be. I remember one of them saying that they initially priced their business productivity program at fifty dollars, but experienced only lackluster sales at that price. When they jacked-up the price to two hundred bucks sales took off -- go figure.
In '84 I was banging away on a Data General Nova and two Eclipses. We had 8 inch floppies and removable Winchester stacks. But then, I was working with gubberment (DOE) money back then and we could pretty much write our own checks for equipment. On the other hand, only a few years earlier, we were still using paper tapes. Ah, the "good ol days".
Read the news, tripped down to the local Waldenbooks and asked - they didn't have a clue. But then, since Barnes & Noble opened their superstore next door, this has been a pretty depressed group of people.
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I second that (Erector Set on this side of the pond).
Stuff still going strong:
Marantz integrated stereo amplifier - 20 yr+
2" LED Alarm Clock - 20 yr+
IBM P-70 portable (luggable) computer w/amber plasma screen - 14 yrs
Analog VOM - 25 yr+
It's pretty much always been that way. In the late seventies/early eighties a number of the new software producers were wondering just what the "right" price for their products should be. I remember one of them saying that they initially priced their business productivity program at fifty dollars, but experienced only lackluster sales at that price. When they jacked-up the price to two hundred bucks sales took off -- go figure.
My take: Yawn..., I'm still running a 166MHz non-MMX Pentium. Gets the job done.
In '84 I was banging away on a Data General Nova and two Eclipses. We had 8 inch floppies and removable Winchester stacks. But then, I was working with gubberment (DOE) money back then and we could pretty much write our own checks for equipment. On the other hand, only a few years earlier, we were still using paper tapes. Ah, the "good ol days".
Read the news, tripped down to the local Waldenbooks and asked - they didn't have a clue. But then, since Barnes & Noble opened their superstore next door, this has been a pretty depressed group of people.