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>>nanoch+(OP)
The author mentions his father's "$2000 computer", a figure has no impact in 2025, when $2,000 doesn't seem like a particularly large amount of money to have spent on a state of the art PC.

I'm of the opinion that writers should make it a habit in pieces like these to always include prices that have been adjusted for inflation. In this case, $2,000 corresponds to $6,731.61, which provides better context for the story.

>>Supern+ZNc
How did people justify that cost? Was 6k ”more affordable” back then? Was there more money to spend?

>>xattt+DRc
My parents saved up for years and then kept the same computer for years more. It was normal to have a machine for 10 years, and just one per household.

Upgrading with a hard disk, a second floppy drive, or upgrading the graphics card was common.