If computer prices scaled linearly with performance...

[Jeff7181]

... how much would a PC cost today? Considering my dad spent $2000 on a 386SX at 16 MHz in 1991.

 

[StrangerGuy]

At least a few dozen million for a A64 system.

 

[dugweb]

eleventy something

or 42

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[dug777]

well, you need to find a benchmark to determine that difference first

and then decide at what time in the products life cycle to take the price...

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: dug777
well, you need to find a benchmark to determine that difference first

and then decide at what time in the products life cycle to take the price...

That's too much work. This was just an "it's 4 AM and I'm tired but can't sleep" post.

 

[mjrpes3]

Let's just go with clock speed.

2400 (AMD64) / 16 MHz = 150x improvement

150 * $2000 = $300,000. Ta Da!

 

[Jeff7181]

Wish I still had enough parts to get the 386 up and running to see if I can find a benchmark that'll run on it.

 

[latino666]

Originally posted by: mjrpes3
Let's just go with clock speed.

2400 (AMD64) / 16 MHz = 150x improvement

150 * $2000 = $300,000. Ta Da!

I thought he said performance not clock speed. So wouldn't it be like 4000/16? Since they make it seem as if we are using a 4GHz CPU.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: latino666

Originally posted by: mjrpes3
Let's just go with clock speed.

2400 (AMD64) / 16 MHz = 150x improvement

150 * $2000 = $300,000. Ta Da!

I thought he said performance not clock speed. So wouldn't it be like 4000/16? Since they make it seem as if we are using a 4GHz Intel CPU.

fixed.

 

[DAGTA]

If price had scaled linearly with performance, computers would have increased in performance MUCH slower since there would be a constantly diminishing market for each new computer model. Growth would have quickly stagnated.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
If price had scaled linearly with performance, computers would have increased in performance MUCH slower since there would be a constantly diminishing market for each new computer model. Growth would have quickly stagnated.

Or we'd all be using Mac G5's that cost about $5000.

 

[Acanthus]

By my calculation, it would be .9 repeating = 1

 

[JinLien]

In 1983 my best friend paid over 2K for the Apple II that run at whip lashing speed of 1 mhz (not including monitor & floppy drive). He also paid about 2K for a 286 that ran at 8 mhz, and $800 for an Amiga A500 that ran at 7 mhz.

I paid over $1300 for an Amiga A1000 that ran at 7 mhz, and over 6K for a state of the art 486DX2 66 that ran at 33*2 mhz.

At today price the dual G5 2.7 ghz would cost $10,800,000 if the Apple II is use with your scale. And, many scientists didn?t even dream about machines that run at 1 ghz because of the prohibited cost let alone single CPU that run 4 ghz.


According to Toms Hardware the P4 3.8 ghz is 5542 times faster than the P-233mmx in Sandra MM Interger test.