[Info-vax] Fwd: Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died

[Bob Koehler]

In article <4e94be8f$0$2493$e4fe514c at news2.news.xs4all.nl>, MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
> 
> I do remember that the very first were even more expensive than Macs
> are today, even without taking inflation into consideration.  I read
> a while ago that the first, or first generation, IBM PC was in the
> price range of thousands of dollars (thus similar to that of a new
> car, or a VAXstation at introduction).

   A great many products are more expensive on day 1.  I never
   priced one until well after Compaq and other competitors brought
   the price down.

> 
> Though, I must admit, I don't remember those days too well; I was
> still very young back then, after all.  Were IBM PCs hyped in the
> same way as Apple Macs are today?

   Hype?  You don't remember the little tramp commercials?  For years
   IBM ripped off Charlie Chaplin's icon to sell PCs.