Just to show you what a nerd (old guy) I am, my first computer was a Commodore Vic20 (~$500). It had a 32x40 character screen and 4k of Ram.

Before you laugh, it did have 16 colors! That POS Apple and TRS80 were just Green and black...

I probably spent another $400 on a 16k Ram card and a 5 1/4 floppy drive! That Cassette tape drive was just too slow!