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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
This is an interesting discussion, however to be really meaningful all the dollar amounts would have to be translated into constant dollars. Because $15.95 in, say, 1995, bought a lot more than it does today. Ditto for $500 in 1998.
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Ok, then let's be meaningful.
In 1998 the cost of a decent laptop computer was
$2,000.
Today, the cost of a decent laptop computer is
$700 (ignore netbooks).
In 1998 the cost of an e-book reader was $500
$700/$2000 = 0.35
$500 * 0.35 = $175
Once again, why haven't e-books progressed at a rate similar to notebooks?