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I've included the photos below. Was the ability to change languages really an Ultimate only feature back then?
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Last "good" Windows OS was Win2k
The 64 bit version of XP was pretty good.
As if I could afford 64-bit hardware back then
The Athlon 64 was pretty affordable at the time, I think. Good little bugger too, was able to use it right up to 2013 before YouTube videos became too sluggish.
At over $400 at launch in 2003, that would be almost $750 in today's dollars. Absolutely not affordable.
That seems high, are you sure that wasn't for one of the higher clocked models? I built my PC in 2004, and according to this article, the lower end models were $170.
I can't quite remember what I paid, I feel like it was less than that, though. I might've gotten it on sale from Tigerdirect.
Accounting for inflation that is probably still a bit high.
I forget which site I found that from, but it seemed in line with the other articles I dug up with the same search. It's entirely possible that I accidentally found a higher-range model rather than the discount one. Also possible that it was much cheaper the following year, since things were moving pretty quick back then. All I specifically remember from that era was buying an AMD Thunderbird from TigerDirect in 2001 for $99.
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