During the early years of home computing, the average desktop computer would cost you several thousand dollars (in 1980's dollars) and was seen more as a tool for the wealthy and elite. There was no internet, no Facebook, no DVD's to watch, and most video games could be played using a much cheaper Atari 2600 system hooked up to your tube television. Computers were used for their function and not meant to be desktop ornaments like some are today. For that reason, most of the computers made before the original iMac came out looked some like the old IBM XT you see in the photo here - BORING!
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