Computer:
The most expensive computer ever built was the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) system – it was also the largest (56 IBM AN/FSQ-7 computers over 20,000 square feet) and heaviest system (250 tons) ever built. Built by IBM with MIT and RAND providing systems design and software respectively, construction began in the 1950s, completed in 1963 at an estimated cost of $4-12 billion – in 1964 dollars; most estimates place the price at $8 billion. It stayed operational for more than 20 years.
Keyboard:
Retailing at $4,240 (£2,190), the Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional HP Japan, produced by an affiliate of Fujitsu, is the world’s most expensive computer keyboard. Its extreme price is due in part to the fact that its keys are hand coated in Urushi lacquer and then dusted with gold.
Mouse:
Swiss manufacturer Pat Says Now produces the world’s most expensive computer mouse. Cast from 18 carat white gold and set with 59 individual diamonds, the mouse retails for £16,200 ($26,000).
Mobile Phone:
Although more expensive limited-edition mobile phones exist, the most expensive handset commercially available is the Ulysse Nardin Chairman, which also is the first mobile phone to contain a self-winding rotor mechanism, like an automatic watch, that supplies backup kinetic energy to help keep the battery charged. Running Google's Android operating system, models range from $13,000 to $50,000 (£8,600 to £33,000) for precious metal versions. The phone includes a lacquered wooden docking station with built-in speakers. It has a 3.2-inch touchscreen (81 mm), offers high-definition video playback, has 32 gigabytes of memory and an 8-megapixel camera.
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The most expensive computer ever built was the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) system – it was also the largest (56 IBM AN/FSQ-7 computers over 20,000 square feet) and heaviest system (250 tons) ever built. Built by IBM with MIT and RAND providing systems design and software respectively, construction began in the 1950s, completed in 1963 at an estimated cost of $4-12 billion – in 1964 dollars; most estimates place the price at $8 billion. It stayed operational for more than 20 years.
Keyboard:
Retailing at $4,240 (£2,190), the Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional HP Japan, produced by an affiliate of Fujitsu, is the world’s most expensive computer keyboard. Its extreme price is due in part to the fact that its keys are hand coated in Urushi lacquer and then dusted with gold.
Mouse:
Swiss manufacturer Pat Says Now produces the world’s most expensive computer mouse. Cast from 18 carat white gold and set with 59 individual diamonds, the mouse retails for £16,200 ($26,000).
Mobile Phone:
Although more expensive limited-edition mobile phones exist, the most expensive handset commercially available is the Ulysse Nardin Chairman, which also is the first mobile phone to contain a self-winding rotor mechanism, like an automatic watch, that supplies backup kinetic energy to help keep the battery charged. Running Google's Android operating system, models range from $13,000 to $50,000 (£8,600 to £33,000) for precious metal versions. The phone includes a lacquered wooden docking station with built-in speakers. It has a 3.2-inch touchscreen (81 mm), offers high-definition video playback, has 32 gigabytes of memory and an 8-megapixel camera.
Source: Various Sites.
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