|
"I
just bought my computer last month, and it's already out of date..."
(Everybody who's ever bought a computer)
|
Year
|
Micro-processor
|
Transistors
on
Microprocessor
|
Processor
Speed (MHz)
|
RAM
(MB)
|
Hard
Drive (MB)
|
Cost
for
Computer
|
|
1978
|
8086
|
29,000
|
10
|
0.64
|
2
|
$5,000
|
|
1982
|
286
|
134,000
|
12
|
1
|
30
|
$4,500
|
|
1987
|
386
|
275,000
|
20
|
2
|
100
|
$3,500
|
|
1991
|
486
|
1,200,000
|
50
|
4
|
200
|
$3,000
|
|
1995
|
Pentium
|
3,200,000
|
120
|
8
|
1,000
|
$2,500
|
|
1997
|
Pentium
II
|
7,500,000
|
300
|
32
|
4,000
|
$2,000
|
|
2000
|
Pentium
III
|
28,000,000
|
800
|
64
|
10,000
|
$1,400
|
|
2000
|
Pentium
IV
|
42,000,000
|
1,500
|
128
|
20,000
|
$1,300
|
|
2001
|
Pentium
IV
|
42,000,000
|
2,000
|
256
|
40,000
|
$1,200
|
|
2004 |
Pentium
IV |
42,000,000 |
5,000 |
2,000 |
100,000 |
$1,000 |
| 2011 |
Pentium
X? |
1,300,000,000 |
11,000 |
16,000 |
16,000,000 |
$740 |
| 2031 |
Brainium? |
1,000,000,000,000 |
1,300,000 |
67,000,000 |
2,500,000,000,000 |
$212 |
|
