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The $10,000 computer Apple sold in 1983

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If you think buying a modern iPhone requires a second mortgage, you clearly weren't around in 1983. Apple released the Lisa with a graphical user interface and a price tag of $9,995. Adjusted for inflation, that's nearly $30,000 for a machine that took forever to load a simple document, proving Apple's premium pricing strategy has been making consumers cry for over four decades.

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