One reason GUIs were initially slow to be adopted was the cost of the hardware needed to

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One reason GUIs were initially slow to be adopted was the cost of the hardware needed to support them. How much video RAM is needed to support a 25-line × 80-row character monochrome text screen? How much for a 1200 × 900-pixel 24-bit color bitmap? What was the cost of this RAM at 1980 prices ($5/KB)? How much is it now?
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Modern Operating Systems

ISBN: 978-0133591620

4th edition

Authors: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos

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