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Old 11-17-2005, 12:49 PM   #10
Elspode
When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Raytown, Missouri
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
In your computer is a similar disk drive capable of holding between 2,000 and 20,000 times more data. It is roughly 1"x3.5" and cost $100. That ad probably showed up around 1983-4.
Your current HD, Brianna, cost $100 in *today's* dollars. That behemoth in the picture would therefore equate to about $4,740.00 today, according to inflation figures I just heard quoted on the radio this morning.
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