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		whyenot on March 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How QuarkXPress became a mere afterthought in publ... It's easy to forget how expensive computers were in this time period. A new high end mac (or PC) could easily set you back $10,000 or more. A Mac IIfx was $8,970-10,970, monitor not included.

ido on March 8, 2014 [–]

You're talking 10-15 years earlier than the time at hand (early 2000s). By then computers were already pretty cheap.

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