Nostalgia!

mejinks · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:04

Going through some of my old archives, I happened upon this e-mail from 1998. Thought you might enjoy.

A computer seller LTD

Customer Number: 223684
Quote Number: W87352

Thank you for your interest in ******. Please find below the price quote
you requested.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE/EA TOTAL
===============================================================================
HPPAV1K HP PAVILION P166MMX/16MB/2GB 1 369.99 369.99
16XCD/1MB VRAM/WIN 95/14IN MON
MFG Part#:
KT3422418 32MB MEMORY MODULE 2 42.99 85.98
STORAGE FOR HP
MFG Part#: KTH-PVL 32
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Subtotal Without Shipping & Handling 455.97
VAT + 79.79
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GRAND Total 535.76
=======================

* All products carry full manufacturer warranty

If you have any questions, or require additional information, please do not
hesitate to give me a call. Thank you again for calling ******

Those were the days

Pinter75 · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:10

My 1st PC was a 486DX33Mhz, 4MB Ram, 162MB HD, 3.5" FDD & colour monitor.

Cost £1200 and didn't have a soundcard, graphics card, network in fact it nowt in the way of peripherals, except a mouse & keyboard.

I was in awe of those with the 486 DX4 running at a massive 100Mhz ;-)

OS was windows 3.1 :-)

brummie · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:12

LOL

was it cheap because Win98 was out?
We paid about just over £1k for our 166 but i think that was in '96

netby · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:12

only 10 years have passed since then

in 1996 ,I bought a Pentium 100, complete with monitor Samtron crt 14" and CD player, for 900 euros
but it was a OEM PC ( without brand ) and i made a trip of 70kms in order to reach to the shop who had the better price in north of Portugal
OS Windows 95

brummie · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:14

LOL Did you snip the computer OEM or did the Nazi police here do it?

mejinks · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:20

brummie said:
LOL Did you snip the computer OEM or did the Nazi police here do it?

Doh, I just copied and pasted the e-mail without checking it for the competitor name

I think I had the quote because I was comparing it to a home built system I was making for someone.

netby · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:30

MagicBoy · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:32

That's cheap for a P166, must have been clearance spec I guess.

I was working for the Purple shirts (part time student job) in 1998 and I doubt we had any PC packages in the shop for under £800 at the time.

elitetrick · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:44

yeh first family pc we got was just when windows 95 came out, cost around 1500. we were in awe at what windows 95 could do, this thing was simply amazing. man do times change fast.

mk17 · 4 Sep 2008 at 00:45

Nostalgia? Its not what it used to be!