Mustang Index for Comparing Computer Costs

• Understanding relative costs from different eras

• Use a popular car as a yardstick

• • 1964 Ford Mustang $ 2,368.
  • 2003 Ford Mustang $17,888.

• Comparative computer costs

• • 1964 medium computer
  • • IBM 1410 = 310 Mustangs
  • 2003 server
  • • RAID, dual cpu = .089 Mustangs