How much would you pay for a PC with 128KB RAM, and no hard disk?
In today’s money (inflation adjusted)
This an ad from Personal Computer World (UK) from 1985
I don’t know about resource intensive, today you need a frigging powerplant to feed a decent PC. At least the 286 and onwards didn’t consume that much right?
Edit: It was not about running costs but the resources to Build them, and that’s true for sure! Sorry!
I think they mean resource intensive as in it literally took more physical material to build them, which costs more.
Resource intensive to make. If you have a PC that consists of 20kg steel and other materials, that’s gonna add to the price.