That's correct in the short term, but my parents were focused on the long-term and that the computer was an investment for my future, rather than a tool/toy for a present.
It wasn't long before I admitted how correct they were.
It wasn't long before I admitted how correct they were.
That said, I was a kid, so I don't really remember the numbers well.
We were definitely not rich.
I believe the out of the store price was something like $2,300. With a model below that available for under $2,000, I think with less ram or only one floppy or something. But anyway this was for a fairly atypical take on the PC and a regular white box of the same era could have been had for perhaps half of that with the same or better specs.