Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/21

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Subject: [Leica] Memory shock
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Fri Mar 21 17:22:02 2008
References: <4cfa589b0803211701j2221834dka8b69be6a14c97a0@mail.gmail.com>

A short time ago you could buy a floppy that held about 1 meg for about one
dollar US

I predict free computers within five years.  You will have to buy service to
get it.

PhotoShop products will be by subscription only




That Sandisk is


On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:

> They built a Costco up the road from us a bit, gave out some free
> memberships, so we bit and joined up.
>
> A lot of America's obesity problems are explained by walking through
> Costco.
>
> But, I'm walking along there are memory cards on sale, a dual pack of
> 2 GB Sandisk Extreme II's for $25. It might have been $22. I found
> myself wondering what planet I was living on. I have this memory of
> paying on the order of $50 for one of these cards about the time I
> bought my M8?
>
> And now I see 1 TB Seagate drives are out there for $250-280 dollars.
> I have to figure they are getting reliable enough to use for long-term
> storage.
>
> What's next? Political speeches about race relations? Cats and dogs
> living together?
>
> My mind is boggling...
>
> Adam
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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