>> The first PC I got (as in could run DOS/Windows rather than some other 
>> OS) was in 1997 and it cost 1200 pounds. 
> 
> I remember shopping for a PC, asking the price, laughing in the 
> salesman's face when he said it didn't count screen, video card, 
> keyboard, or floppy drive. It was significantly higher than a maxed-out 
> Amiga of the time.

Dude, don't underestimate what you can do with a maxed-out Amiga...

(OK, maybe today it's not that impressive. But back then?)

I'm sure I *must* have told you guys about the salesman who told my mum 
to "get that one" because "this PC is good, yeah, but *that* one has the 
new 8.2 hyperdrive!"

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