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DarkJedi

02-11-2005 07:23 AM

A dell computer that you can buy for 500 bucks today is more powerful

than a 100K mainframe from 10 years ago.

sheeet.

StuartD

02-11-2005 07:24 AM

yup, windows xp never would have run on one of those old mainframes.

Linux on the other hand....

Manowar

02-11-2005 07:25 AM

damn. technology is moving fast.

mardigras

02-11-2005 07:36 AM

It cost me 3K for a PII 450 7 years ago. :upsidedow

Screaming

02-11-2005 07:43 AM

right.. but 100k in property back then vs 100k in property today

StuartD

02-11-2005 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mardigras

It cost me 3K for a PII 450 7 years ago. :upsidedow

heh, I remember spending over $5k on my Tandy 25Mhz screaming fast paperweight... with 2 megs of ram and an 80 meg hard drive! $5k well spent.

arnette

02-11-2005 07:50 AM

when we first got our pc the shop assistant asked my dad if he wanted one of those new cd rom drives, it was 1x and it only cost an extra $1000

sickkittens

02-11-2005 07:52 AM

Just from only 10 years ago?? Damn.

sickkittens

02-11-2005 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mardigras

It cost me 3K for a PII 450 7 years ago. :upsidedow

That's high. I paid around $650 for an AMD Athlon 133 back in 96ish.

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