1GB now and 1GB 20 years ago !

mimo2005 · 09-23-2007, 09:33 PM

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 09-23-2007, 09:56 PM

Nice !

~~Nik00117~~ · 09-23-2007, 11:38 PM

I'm sure we could go smaller then that stick as well.

**carsey** · 09-24-2007, 05:33 AM

Amazing.

**forcifer** · 09-24-2007, 05:49 AM

the adapter is the same thing as in the picture

**-=Rousseau=-** · 09-24-2007, 11:53 AM

I've got one of those microSD cards... Very handy for storing stuff on a phone, but much to small for anything else. I'm amazed at how small they actually are. Thin as a credit card and about 1/2 inch long.

**karusho** · 09-24-2007, 05:59 PM

MicroSD cards go up to 8GB now, I believe. If not, I know it goes at least to 4.

**gistek** · 09-24-2007, 09:22 PM

There are gigabytes, terrabytes, and several others. The biggest I've heard about is the Yottabyte - so called, evidently because it holds a "Yotta" data. Yes, I actually heard this from someone who works at the supercomputing center in Pittsburgh - out where google lives.

~~Nik00117~~ · 09-24-2007, 11:34 PM

The convo of my life that truly showed how fast computers have advanced is one I had with a co-worker when I was a intern as a PC shop.

He said that in the 1990s he wanted to install some programs and needed about 10 MB of space more. So he said he had a lot decision wheather to buy the 350 MB HDD or the 500 MB HDD. And I thought to myself, WOW thats only 150 MBs, thats nothing 150 MBs to me is puff next. Back then though it was like 500 GIGs or something.

**karusho** · 09-25-2007, 12:29 AM

http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/winchest.html

A nice little chart about storage drives and price per unit of storage.

09-23-2007, 09:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
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~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: 1GB now and 1GB 20 years ago ! The convo of my life that truly showed how fast computers have advanced is one I had with a co-worker when I was a intern as a PC shop. He said that in the 1990s he wanted to install some programs and needed about 10 MB of space more. So he said he had a lot decision wheather to buy the 350 MB HDD or the 500 MB HDD. And I thought to myself, WOW thats only 150 MBs, thats nothing 150 MBs to me is puff next. Back then though it was like 500 GIGs or something.

09-25-2007, 12:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
karusho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 1,217 OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1, Ubuntu 8.04 My System	Re: 1GB now and 1GB 20 years ago ! http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/winchest.html A nice little chart about storage drives and price per unit of storage. __________________ Laptop Specs: Sony VAIO VGN-NR160E dual-booting Vista Ultimate SP1 and Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron"