Re: [MLUG]

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Still, a few months ago they were better.  I remember buying a 512MB PC100 
SO-DIMM for a PowerBook G3 for 69.00 plus shipping.  Try finding that now 
;(
Cheers!
Jason

On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 04:59  PM, Michael wrote:

> 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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