1 Gigabyte

Now that's a sizeable reduction! I am always amused at how some things are continually getting smaller--cameras, cell phones, mp3 players, etc--and that's what makes them "better."

And other things are only better when they're made bigger. Like that new Angus Third Pounder that McDonalds is cooking up. Like the Quarter Pounder doesn't make Americans fat enough???!!!!

Just a little cheaper too...

smaller is not always better......but that 1980 thing does look like a freaking break shoe on a subway car.

Ah the days when a gigabyte was more storage than anyone could ever need.

Ah the days when a gigabyte was more storage than anyone could ever need.

I remember back in 1987 my computer math teacher marveled over how no one would ever utilize all 64k for programming in the commodore 64's we were working on at the time...how times change! lol

I remember back in 1987 my computer math teacher marveled over how no one would ever utilize all 64k for programming in the commodore 64's we were working on at the time...how times change! lol

I remember when hard drives were just wildly over priced accessories for the lazy.

P.S. I'm probably younger than you. ;-)

I remember when hard drives were just wildly over priced accessories for the lazy.

P.S. I'm probably younger than you. ;-)

The fire of youth still burns in my veins... ;P~

My first computer was a TI994a for my 15th birthday back in 1984. lol It had a sweet speech processor thanks to Texas Instruments government contracting work of the time. You could program it to say anything, which back then was a very big deal....ah, the good old days... lol

I forget the model number, but it was a Tandy we hooked up to an old television and used a tape recorder to run programs and save data. That was about 1987. By 1994 we were flying down the information super highway with a dial up connection on a Mac LCII. That thing was pretty cool too with a capture card that could easily clear 8 frames per second. :funn: Wow it was amazing to watch people get all excited about a 100x100 super grainy and choppy video that maxed out at about 30 seconds.

1980 miss universe and 2009 miss ukraine. progress is amazing

1980 miss universe and 2009 miss ukraine. progress is amazing

Wow, now thats what I call an.....upgrade! lol

I remember when each student in a programming class at UF was only allocated 16K of storage on the mainframe at NERDC (Northeast Regional Data Center), the computer center at UF.

I remember punched cards and dropping them. OOPS!

I remember when the computer lab at the University of South Carolina got a tape drive for the TRASH 80's so we didn't have to retype programs every time we ran them -- we could actually STORE them.

Hubby just showed me an ad for a terabyte external hard drive for, like $50.

I remember when each student in a programming class at UF was only allocated 16K of storage on the mainframe at NERDC (Northeast Regional Data Center), the computer center at UF.

I remember punched cards and dropping them. OOPS!

I remember when the computer lab at the University of South Carolina got a tape drive for the TRASH 80's so we didn't have to retype programs every time we ran them -- we could actually STORE them.

Hubby just showed me an ad for a terabyte external hard drive for, like $50.

NERDC?!? Omg, that is too funny! :funn:

They invented new computers after the Apple ][? Why?

NERDC?!? Omg, that is too funny! :funn:

It really is. We used to spend Friday nights at NERDC. We were poor, married, grad students then, so that's what we did on Fridays for entertainment. NERD ALERT!

But Saturdays were fun times -- Gator football or basketball games.

I remember 70 MEGabyte hard drives housed in units the size of personal computers and costing $6000 back in 1984. In 1994 a gigabyte hard drive cost about $1000.00. Now it sounds like you can get a gigabyte of storage for couch change. As far as I'm concerned, the cost of living has gone way down.

Hate to burst your bubble there BR, but the NERDC is located in Tallahassee. Hence the Northwest in the title. It's still located where it was originally built in Southwest Leon County. ;-)

The fire of youth still burns in my veins... ;P~

My first computer was a TI994a for my 15th birthday back in 1984. lol It had a sweet speech processor thanks to Texas Instruments government contracting work of the time. You could program it to say anything, which back then was a very big deal....ah, the good old days... lol

God, I remember sitting in "computer class" back in high school. We would have to type in this long string of code just to get the damn screen to change colors. We thought we were awesome...

Hate to burst your bubble there BR, but the NERDC is located in Tallahassee. Hence the Northwest in the title. It's still located where it was originally built in Southwest Leon County. ;-)

Au contraire, mon frere.

It's Northeast. NERDC - What does NERDC stand for? Acronyms and abbreviations by the Free Online Dictionary.

Au contraire, mon frere.

It's Northeast. NERDC - What does NERDC stand for? Acronyms and abbreviations by the Free Online Dictionary.

Sorry I forgot there were several. Of course isn't UF in central Florida?

The one in Tallahassee was fun to watch in action. Nothing like a computer that requires liquid nitrogen tanks and pumps.

God, I remember sitting in "computer class" back in high school. We would have to type in this long string of code just to get the damn screen to change colors. We thought we were awesome...

I remember sitting in comp...wait a minute...there were no computer classses in the early 70's!

BR...I do remember those places with the big computers behind the glass wall. I went with Mr.K and other business school friends and watched them turn in those card things. Luckily in my major, they stuck with books and on the job training.

Like in the movie "The Desk Set"? with Spencer Tracey and Kate Hepburn