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ramriot t1_iu4fogg wrote

I've owned laptops going back to almost that era & in current dollars the price has decreased about 10 fold & quite linearly.

Although it should be said that quality & robustness has gone down commensurally as well.

I did purchase for my SO a Panasonic toughbook some years back which was way more powerful yet only as robust as my early $4,995 Toshiba, it cost me $4,500 in 2010.

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mechanab t1_iu4kie9 wrote

Those old Toshibas were great, but very expensive. I always ended up getting something cheaper.

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zerobeat t1_iu5jmbm wrote

> Although it should be said that quality & robustness has gone down commensurally as well.

Except for the backlight and hinge. Oh my god there was nothing worse then that damn tube light burning out or the video cable giving out after a short time. Happened way too frequently, too early, and was incredibly expensive to fix.

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