Have you ever wondered how much that sweet, gigantic phone Zack Morris carried around in Saved by the Bell would cost in 2013 dollars adjusted for inflation? What about an old school Compaq computer from 1993 with 20MB of RAM? What about a Sony Walkman? We know you used to rock out with your killer CD collection.

We checked out popular gadgets for grads across the decades from 1983 to 2013, and found that when you adjust these costs to today’s dollars, it actually now costs LESS for new grads to set themselves up with electronic gizmos than it did in decades past. Even better, grads are not only spending way less, but they’re getting a ton more bang for their buck in terms of functionality.

You can check out all our research in our Gadgets for Grads Through the Decades infographic below. Click anywhere on the infographic to open a larger resolution version. For anyone using a 1080p monitor or dual monitor setup, here’s a super high-res version just for you: LINK.

Gadgets for Grads Through the Decades: An Infographic

Are you getting ready to celebrate the high school or college graduation of a loved one? Before you settle on the standard cap and tassel graduation cake, take a look at these more unique options found stuffed inside the Internet tubes. From the geeky, to the cool, to the very strange, there’s a cake here for just about everyone; assuming you are in the market for a ridiculous cake.

The Unicorn Pooping Rainbows Cake

The Bad Ass Bull Dog Cake

 The Classy Booze Cake

The Trashy Booze Cake

 The Broke Zombie Graduation Cake

The Creepy Barbie Head Cake

The Computer Geek Cake

The Ron Swanson Cake

The Cthulhu with Rose Cake

The Cat Lover’s Cake

 The Nice Try Graduation Cake

 The Studious Vader Cake

 The OMG What on Earth is Going on Here Cake

 And this Awesome Guy

14 Ridiculous Graduation Cakes That Will Make You Chuckle

Graduation season will be here before we know it (ask any high school or college senior and they’ll surely be able to tell you the exact amount of time until its arrival, down to the hour or minute).

But every backyard BBQ you attend, every piece of overly frosted cake you eat, every ice cold beer you ingest (if you’re lucky enough to go to grad parties with beer), comes with a price: you must come bearing gifts.

Here are some standard gifts you might think to give the graduate in your life, along with better ideas that just might make you the valegiftorian of 2013 (the only cheesy graduation pun in the article, I promise!)

Terrible Graduation Gifts…and Awesome Alternatives