Re: [MLUG]

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Look at how RAM prices have dropped through the floor too. It's
fantastic. I have a lot of complaints about life but the price of computer
components isn't one of them. What you can buy for under $1000 now is just
amazing. :)

If only the automobile industry could compare. :)


;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Mike Miller 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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