A few years ago we posted an ad from a CompUSA store that reminded us what prices were like for laptops back in 1994. This was before the Internet really started to take off as a means to sell products, but these days a lot of people are turning to the web to save a few bucks.
Newegg is a mass electronics retailer that is available in the United States, Canada, and China. They’ve often been lauded for their awesome customer service and prices that are hard to beat anywhere else.
I thought it would be fun to see what the top 10 items were at Newegg’s online store from just a few weeks after they launched in 2001. Thanks to the WayBack Machine we were able to do this, and I think you’ll find the list just as interesting as I did:
- Guillemot Hercules 3D PROPHET-II MX 32 MB AGP Video Card
Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 32MB No TV Out (* OEM Brown Box *)
Price: $79.00 - AMD Thunderbird 1GHz 266MHz Bus Socket A processor 256K cache
Retail Box Version with HeatSink and Fan
Price: $193.00 - Creative Lab 52X max Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive Model CD5233E-OEM Version
Price: $34.00 - IWILL KK266 VIA Apollo KT133A Chipset, 266MHz Bus, Socket A Motherboard with Sound
6-PCI, 1-ISA (1 shared), 1-AGP, 3-DIMM, on-board Audio. Retail Box v.1.2 *bug free*
Price: $123.00 - Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM EIDE Ultra 100 3.5″ model 400BB
OEM VERSION – Drive Only – Three Years Warranty
Price: $129.00 - MSI PRO266 MASTER
FCPGA. Pentium/Celron 433Mhz ~ 1.13Mhz+, VIA VT8633, 4X AGP, 5 PCI, 1 CNR, 2 DIMM, 3 PC1600 /PC2100, 200Mhz/266Mhz, DDR DIMMs, UDMA100, With Audio. NO RAID
Price: $129.00 - Viking 256MB PC133 168Pins SDRAM 32X64 Chip RAM 7ns Speed
Price: $89.00 - Dane-Elec 64MB Compact Flash Memory Card Type I
Dual 3.3v / 5 v This CF (CompactFlash) card is designed for use with digital cameras, cellular phones, laptops, MP3 players, handheld devices like PDAs and more
Price: $55.00 - FIC AD11 AMD Athlon DDR SDRAM ATX motherboard
Based on the AMD 761 and VIA 686B chipset. UDMA100, PC2100, 266MHz CPU Bus Speed, and 4X AGP 5 PCI Slots – For AMD Processor
Price: $130.00 - AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz 200MHz Bus Socket A PGA Processor
OEM Version
Price: $170.00
That’s right… a 1GHZ processor for $193, 64MB Compact Flash card for $55, and a 40GB hard drive for $129. Ahh, those were the days. Now we carry devices in our pocket that have more processing power and storage than that!
Golly, hadn’t realised we already had HD in the GB back in 2001. Of course now we have drives in TB.
For the price of the 40GB drive back then you can get about 1.5TB now. I just saw a deal for a 1.5TB drive for $150 which is crazy.
Golly, hadn’t realised we already had HD in the GB back in 2001. Of course now we have drives in TB.
thanks
Why are we reviewing this? I don’t see a point in this.
I thought it was interesting… doesn’t mean everyone will.
Yeah, and in 10 years people will be laughing about what we paid for useless junk like 1TB hard drives or measly little 32GB flash drives.
My friend at work just picked up a 500 GB external drive for his notebook for under $100.
Took me a long time to get this statement.
Until I realized that this abbrevation has nothing to do with Britain.
yea, i saw this. pretty cool. even on tigerdirect and google.