By AKUE ADOTE

Personal Computer Beginnings First Introduced:January 1982 Original Price: $595 Today’s Price : $100 Sold by: Apple The computer was one of the most popular models of all time It was drastically cheaper than its competitors like the Apple II, IBM PC, or TRS-80 Original computer $595

Why did the Commodore 64 Succeed? Vastly more powerful than anything on the market at the time Drastically cheaper than its competitors Company was hoping that consumers would buy the floppy drives, printers, disks, modems and desks, which they made much higher margins on. The easiest to use programmable computer that has ever been made.

Why did the Commodore 64 decrease in price? The home computer price war really started between Texas Instruments and Commodore in the summer of 1982, with Texas Instruments issuing a $100 rebate on the TI 99/4A, bringing the price down to $200. They would give a $100 trade-in on any video game, or computer, against the purchase of a C-64! Out came all the old Atari 2600s, Intellivisions, VIC-20s, Sinclairs, and Timexes. People bought Timex Computers on sale for $50 and turned them in on C-64's for $100! The retail price with a "trade-in" was $300. Commodore 64 was discontinued in 1994 because they became obsolete.

Personal Computer Depreciation Table Year Beginning Book value Annual Depreciation Accumulated Depreciation Ending Book Value Y1982$595 $ $ 38.00$557 Y1983$557 $ $ 76.00$519 Y $ $ $481 Y $ $ $443 Y $ $ $405 Y $ $ $367 Y $ $ $329 Y $ $ $291 Y $ $ $253 Y $ $ $215 Y $ 38.08$ $177 Y $ 38.08$ $139 Y $ $ $101

Commodore 64

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