By Jin Nan Goto

I was reading through a recent blog post from Harry McCraken (www.technologizer.com) with a comparison of the iPhone 3GS and the Commodore 64.  It reminded me just how amazing it is that there is more power in the iPhone which fits in the palm of your hand than a an entire desktop computer 10-15 years ago.  Just for fun I’m going to present another comparison. This showdown is between an 1996 vintage Apple Power Macintosh 6300 (the sort of thing I would find in the computer lab back when I was in Middle School) and the recently released Apple iPhone 3GS.

	Power Macintosh 6300	iPhone 3GS
Year Released	1996	2009
Processor	PowerPC 603e 100-120 MHz	600 MHz Arm
Memory	16 MB	256 MB
Storage	1.2 GB	16 GB or 32 GB
Cost	$2500	$199 -$299 *with 2 year commitment with AT&T

Power Macintosh 6300 Specs http://support.apple.com/kb/SP323
iPhone 3GS Specs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iPhone_and_iPod_Touch_models
Images from Wikipedia