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Hereof, how much did the first computer cost?
The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a priceofUS$666.66, because Wozniak "liked repeating digits" and becauseofa one-third markup on the $500 wholesale price.
Also question is, how much did a computer cost in 1970?
Computer Prices and Speed: 1970 to 2007.AnIBM mainframe computer in 1970 (picturedabove)cost $4.6 million and ran at a speed of 12.5 MHz(12.5million instructions per second), which is a costof$368,000 per MHz.
The cost of the computer system wasoverone million dollars and one million dollars was a lot more inthe1960's than it is today. This was a moderatelypricedcomputer. Many computers of the timecostabout five million.