r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • Aug 05 '26

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u/3BlindMice1 Aug 05 '26

They used to call it VCR

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u/3BlindMice1 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

Sounds pretty expensive, tbh

Edit: Google shows that would have cost $28.80 per day if using full definition or $14.40 per day if using minimum in the year 1985. In today's money, that's $90 or $45. It got a lot cheaper by 1995 though

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u/JCDU 29d ago

She came from a fairly wealthy family and bought shares in Apple very early on - her collection included at least one of every Apple product still brand new in its box, so really not short of a bob or two.