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Re:OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday by skybrian on Thursday May 21, 2026 @10:25AM (#48223182)
Prices do go down for electronics:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/price-changes-consumer-go...

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Re:OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday by zozbot234 on Thursday May 21, 2026 @10:57AM (#48223841)
That was then and this is now. RAM and storage prices are through the roof, effectively erasing the price drops of the latest 15 years or so.
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Re:OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday by skybrian on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:56PM (#48225808)
Seems like a Macbook Neo would be far better than a computer at any price from 15 years ago? What would it have taken to build an equivalent computer?
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