peterhuang913 Retired. Messages 8,076 Location . Aug 10, 2007 #1 How much did a hard drive cost in the 1980's? What is the size for the cost?
OP OP peterhuang913 Retired. Messages 8,076 Location . Aug 10, 2007 #3 I had a picture, but I wanted to see if anyone else had a better one. Here's mine:
b1gapl Mod Emeritus Messages 13,044 Location USA Aug 10, 2007 #4 Imagine the look on the guy's face who bought that, and the prices of today's hard drives.
OP OP peterhuang913 Retired. Messages 8,076 Location . Aug 10, 2007 #5 b1gapl said: Imagine the look on the guy's face who bought that, and the prices of today's hard drives. Click to expand... Yea, sucks to be him. Back then it was 0.000003GB/$ , now it's like 5GB/$
b1gapl said: Imagine the look on the guy's face who bought that, and the prices of today's hard drives. Click to expand... Yea, sucks to be him. Back then it was 0.000003GB/$ , now it's like 5GB/$
H hercules_upw Daemon Poster Messages 694 Aug 11, 2007 #6 peterhuang913 said: Yea, sucks to be him. Back then it was 0.000003GB/$ , now it's like 5GB/$ Click to expand... And he was paying in 1980's money - Minimum wage was $3.10/hour
peterhuang913 said: Yea, sucks to be him. Back then it was 0.000003GB/$ , now it's like 5GB/$ Click to expand... And he was paying in 1980's money - Minimum wage was $3.10/hour
OP OP peterhuang913 Retired. Messages 8,076 Location . Aug 11, 2007 #7 hercules_upw said: And he was paying in 1980's money - Minimum wage was $3.10/hour Click to expand... Wanna get smarter with me and correct my calculations?
hercules_upw said: And he was paying in 1980's money - Minimum wage was $3.10/hour Click to expand... Wanna get smarter with me and correct my calculations?
H hercules_upw Daemon Poster Messages 694 Aug 11, 2007 #8 peterhuang913 said: Wanna get smarter with me and correct my calculations? Click to expand... I'm just saying inflation would make the drive even MORE expensive in today's money. like $7000. I think your math is fine, i didn't even check it.
peterhuang913 said: Wanna get smarter with me and correct my calculations? Click to expand... I'm just saying inflation would make the drive even MORE expensive in today's money. like $7000. I think your math is fine, i didn't even check it.
V Vaanish Fully Optimized Messages 1,693 Location Yorkshire, UK Aug 11, 2007 #9 Its a bit off topic but not much
TheEnd187 Banned Messages 1,732 Aug 11, 2007 #10 Omgithasawordprocessingsystem it actually cant even run a basic Text document because im pretty sure it uses more than 64k to use noepad nowadays
Omgithasawordprocessingsystem it actually cant even run a basic Text document because im pretty sure it uses more than 64k to use noepad nowadays