> These are expensive machines

Impressive how that part changed. Today, many computers are cheaper than the desk they are sitting on. Many companies pay over $2000 for office furniture, and that's not even fancy. A $1000 laptop sits on top of it.

Furniture made by an actual cabinet maker will easily get to $5000+. About the price of a maxed out gaming rig, or an enterprise level workstation.

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rhyperior 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I don’t know… if the top of line PC cost $3000 30 years ago, it seems like we’re pretty close to that today for class-equivalent hardware (without going absurd - 32GB of DDR5, game playing video card, 4TB SSD…)

	▲	xboxnolifes 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Inflation adjusted, those particular specs would be much cheaper. At least prior to recent price changes due to AI demand. You can definitely go much higher if you really go for TOP of the line though.