Each one has different specialized components that aren't at full parity with their competitors, but that doesn't even matter since it's the case with literally all of them.
When a house costs a million dollars, any person easily needs at least a million dollars.
I said "at least" because there's significant variance in cost of living. I've already run the numbers, and for my family it's $5MM - though this makes me realize that I meant household, so 50 is certainly not inaccurate per person.
For perspective: $100MM is enough for at least 20 people to be completely set for life.
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I probably still have a USB floppy drive in the Bin of Peripherals. Haven't really actively worked with floppies since 2012 though.
Laser-cut wooden floppies
For all we know, they used overspecced RAM because it was what was available in the quantities needed, or they got a good price from the supplier - which is something that has specifically happened with hardware I've worked on before. Again, we don't actually know the specific pricing details. Higher speed does not inherently mean higher cost.
Expert Systems are great for pharmacies, not the bullshit generators currently labeled as "AI."
Same except the Enterprise intro, which is objectively terrible, and you know it in your heart of hearts
I don't care what a pet-murdering organization has to say.