Thinking "out of the box" when building a PC

[Mxsmanic]

I was in awe of the HDD. It was a 5mb unit, and was very large and heavy. I
should have kept it.

I recall a $3000 Corvus drive in a blue plastic case that held about 3
megabytes. Even at the time, they were gouging customers on price;
the drives didn't cost _that_ much to make. When one looks at the
prices of things back in those days, one must remember that a lot of
hardware had very generous margins built into the sale price.

 

[Bob Adkins]

I recall a $3000 Corvus drive in a blue plastic case that held about 3
megabytes. Even at the time, they were gouging customers on price;
the drives didn't cost _that_ much to make. When one looks at the
prices of things back in those days, one must remember that a lot of
hardware had very generous margins built into the sale price.

You can buy a fair sized "solid state" drive with a lightning quick transfer
rate for those duckies.

I remember paying almost $300 for an 8mb stick of RAM. I thought it would
never get as cheap as it is today.

I wonder if some people even appreciate the powerful technology at our
disposal for the price of a good dinner.

 

[David Maynard]

Bob Adkins writes:




I recall a $3000 Corvus drive in a blue plastic case that held about 3
megabytes. Even at the time, they were gouging customers on price;
the drives didn't cost _that_ much to make. When one looks at the
prices of things back in those days, one must remember that a lot of
hardware had very generous margins built into the sale price.

Which, no doubt, explains why so many of them are no longer in the business.

 

[Mxsmanic]

Which, no doubt, explains why so many of them are no longer in the business.

No doubt ... although Apple is still in business.