http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/09/then_and_now_1_gb/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/09/then_and_now_1_gb/#comment-16945 i-eclectica.org » Blog Archive » 1Gb drives - then & now Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:01:01 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/general/then_and_now_1_gb.php#comment-16945 [...] Forever geek] Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...] [...] Forever geek] Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]

]]> http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/09/then_and_now_1_gb/#comment-17038 i-eclectica.org » Blog Archive » 1Gb drives - then & now Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:01:01 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/general/then_and_now_1_gb.php#comment-17038 [...] Forever geek] Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...] [...] Forever geek] Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]

]]> http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/09/then_and_now_1_gb/#comment-16944 Geekend mobile edition Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:02:01 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/general/then_and_now_1_gb.php#comment-16944 [...] One the left, a one gigabyte IBM hard drive circa 1987. On the right, a one gigabyte SD card circa the last sale at Best Buy, before they got all the latest Micro-SD stuff in stock. Twenty years equals about twenty pounds from the looks of things. Found via Forever Geek. [...] [...] One the left, a one gigabyte IBM hard drive circa 1987. On the right, a one gigabyte SD card circa the last sale at Best Buy, before they got all the latest Micro-SD stuff in stock. Twenty years equals about twenty pounds from the looks of things. Found via Forever Geek. [...]

]]> http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/09/then_and_now_1_gb/#comment-16943 turn.self.off Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:27:56 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/general/then_and_now_1_gb.php#comment-16943 hmm, a museum here in norway has a 1MB ibm drive plate in their collection. the plate is about 1meter in diameter! hmm, a museum here in norway has a 1MB ibm drive plate in their collection. the plate is about 1meter in diameter!

]]> http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/09/then_and_now_1_gb/#comment-16942 davea0511 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:48:51 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/general/then_and_now_1_gb.php#comment-16942 Yeah but that's not the biggest difference. The biggest difference is the cost. That IBM thing probably cost $100,000.00 in it's day. The tiny one (you should have shown a microSD for significant contrast, CF cards are considered huge by todays standards) can be had for less than $50. Yeah but that’s not the biggest difference. The biggest difference is the cost. That IBM thing probably cost $100,000.00 in it’s day. The tiny one (you should have shown a microSD for significant contrast, CF cards are considered huge by todays standards) can be had for less than $50.

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