Tecnología e innovación

40 Hilarious Ads For Technology From The Past That Look Insanely Expensive Now

Name a better time capsule than ads for technology. Go on, I’ll wait.

Looking back at a gadget from decades ago really shows how far humanity has come. A landline answering machine, a 10-megabyte hard drive… It’s crazy to think that at one point, now-obsolete technology was not only top-of-the-line but also a bargain. Now, paying a couple of months worth of salary for memory that fits no more than a few songs makes little sense when you consider that 4 terabytes of external storage cost less than $100.

These vintage ads no longer serve any other purpose than to point out the major shifts in technology and how much better things are now. But then again, that’s quite something.

#1 Imsai PC With 10mb Hard Disk, 64k Ram: $5,995.00 [$18,700 Today]

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As this list clearly illustrates, there seems to be a significant innovation that changes how we live our lives each decade. With these advancements, some technology always becomes obsolete. With this in mind, one might wonder: which today’s devices can become useless in the future?

Isaiah Nwukor, web developer and designer at Storemods, a service for e-commerce-using individuals, said that the cloud might eventually become all that people use for data storage, pushing the flash drive out into oblivion.

In the early 2000s, USB drives replaced floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs due to their larger storage capacity, but now cloud storage has become the top competitor when it comes to storing and sharing. Mostly because of its limitless capacity and increased security.

#2 Tandy Ct-300 Cellular Phone: $1,499.00 [$3,116.43 Today]

Image credits: sears

Some experts are also saying their goodbyes to laptops. “Laptops are quickly being replaced by tablets. Modern tablets have more computing power than the traditional user needs,” Bryan Lemon, software development lead at Heliponix , adding that most computing needs, even those of many software developers, will likely transition to tablets.

Lemon said it might become common to have a tablet with a docking station that allows peripheral attachments, like a keyboard or a larger screen.

#3 Panasonic Rx 5500 Stereo: $576.19 [$2,046 Today]

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And let’s not forget the advancements made in developing autonomous cars. “The driver’s seat will become just another passenger seat as self-driving cars become more powerful and a new generation doesn’t even learn how to drive,” Lemon said.

Of course, all of this play out to be completely differently. Because as you might not, even though there have been accurate prophecies about the future, there were horribly bad ones, too.

#4 The 1978 Ibm 5110: $18,000

#5 Sears 8-Digit Electronic Calculator: $98.95

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#6 Xcomp 10mb Hard Disk: $3,398.00

#7 Spartan Apple II+ Emulator: $599.00

Image credits: Mimic Systems Inc

#8 Corvus Systems Inc. Mass Storage: $5,350.00

Image credits: Corvus Systems Inc

#9 Betavision Video Cassette Recorder: $985.00

#10 Intecolor 3621 With 51k Disk Drive: $3,300.00

Image credits: ISC

#11 Sinclair Zx80 With 4k Basic: $199.95

#12 Mid-80’s Seagate St4096 Memory Hard Disk: $12,000

#13 Emerson Radio Corporation Television Set – 1949: $599.50

#14 Cellphone From UK: $895

#15 Phone-Mate Answering Machine: $129.50

#16 Sears Color TV: $327.88

#17 10 Megabyte Hard Drive: $3,500

#18 Ampex Fr200 Tape Transport: $2,675.00

Image credits: AMPEX

#19 Jvc Hr-7300 Vidstar Vhs: $1,280.00

Image credits: JVC

#20 1977 The Apple Ll: $1195

#21 Osborne Computer: $1795

#22 Bell & Howell 8mm Camera: $207.70

Image credits: Bell & Howell

#23 1984 PC Computer Unit: $5,000

#24 Westinghouse ‘Big Picture Television’: $269 (Today Would Be Around $2,700)

#25 Trs-80 Computer Sold In 1977: $3,450

#26 Sinclair Microvision TV: $395.00

#27 Motorola Stereo Hi-Fi Coffee Table: $169.95

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#28 The Trs-80 Micro: $3,875

#29 15mb Hdd: $2,500

#30 The Commodore 64: $600

#31 The Trs-80 Model 4 (1983): $1,300

#32 1976 Apple 1: $666.66

#33 Realistic Trc-471 Transceiver: $259.95

Image credits: RadioShack

#34 10 Megabyte Hard Disk System: $3,695

#35 Low-Cost Hard Disk Computer: $10k

#36 Atari 400 PC: $549.00

Image credits: Atari

#37 2 Cents A Byte! Sink Your Teeth Into A Helping Of Ram Without Burning A Hole In Your Wallet. From 16-32k Ram Memory: Starting From $299

#38 Sears Video Arcade: $178.95

#39 The Apf Imagination Machine A Video Game Console: $599

#40 A Basic Cassette Tape Recorder From Philips: $166

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