"Normal people" were not purchasing Apple II or C64 computers in the 70s and 80s.

What you're showing me is that you are completely out of touch with the financial realities the vast majority of people face.

There is a reason that the Macbook Neo has been a smashing success.

If the cheapest useful computer ends up costing $3k, then most people will simply no longer own a computer whenever their current computer dies unless their livelihood depends upon it, which for most people it does not.