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DINKDINK on Nov 10, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nasty Gal is expected to file for bankruptcy

>The Apple II was launched for $250K, or $996K in today's dollars

Delusionally reductive to use rate of inflation to estimate the capital and labor costs associated with bringing the product to today's market.

KON_Air on Nov 10, 2016 | [–]

...on top of "virgin markets" vs "so saturated it is almost a blackhole market".

DonHopkins on Nov 10, 2016 | [–]

Plus Apple had the Woz.

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