Re: [MLUG]

[Mustafa Gringo <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

BT Exact's Technology Timeline( http://www.btexact.com/white_papers/downloads/WP106.pdf ), which is around %85 correct, says that in 2003 there will be credit card size storage for $50.

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 00:46:39 -0600 (CST), Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Ryan Thornton wrote:
> 
> > Yep, I'm amazed at the HD prices...  80gig WD drive for $100 at Compusa
> > this week.
> 
> Fifteen years ago I bought my first HD.  It was about $15 per MB for that
> drive.  80 GB for $100 is $0.00125 per MB.  That means HD space cost
> 12,000 times as much 15 years ago as it costs now (not accounting for
> inflation which would make the effect even stronger).
> 
> An old professor told me that his department paid $66,000 for a HD in
> 1967.  It was a 2.0 MB HD.  That's $33,000 per MB, which is 2,200 times
> the price of 15 years ago and 26,400,000 times the price of today (again,
> not accounting for inflation).
> 
> I hope this keeps up!!
> 
> Mike
> 
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