How much did a computer cost in 2009?

it depends on the computer you can get a crapy one that only does text and web good like a netbook or a alsome super computer that does every thing you would ever whant or need but that's a lot of dough

Answer

A computer that has good components for a regular user would be about $1200, and you would buy a monitor separately. For more or less, you could change the amount of RAM, hard drive space and other components. For gaming, you would spend more to create a machine that could manage many functions at the same time.