Re: OT (and Flamebait): Top-Posting
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 08:43:32 -0400
Stephen R Laniel <steve@laniels.org> wrote:
> How many people do you think have 1.4-gig email
> archives? Gmail's original 1-gig archive was supposed to be
> enough for a lifetime.
Mine's about 500 megs, for what that's worth. Much of that is from
various mailing lists, a lot which is old, and wanting to be cleaned up
somewhat , if I only had the time :).
> Earlier in our lives, it was a big deal when hard-disk
> prices fell below $1 per megabyte. I recently bought a
> 200-gig drive for $100. Assume the $1-per-meg limit
I purchased a 325 meg Maxtor in 1993 for just around $300, or maybe a
wee biit more. (I'm sure the drive would still work, too). :) So that
puts the dollar per megabyte barrier approximately 12 years ago.
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