On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 08:43:32 -0400 Stephen R Laniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How many people do you think have 1.4-gig email > archives? Gmail's original 1-gig archive was supposed to be > enough for a lifetime. Mine's about 500 megs, for what that's worth. Much of that is from various mailing lists, a lot which is old, and wanting to be cleaned up somewhat , if I only had the time :). > Earlier in our lives, it was a big deal when hard-disk > prices fell below $1 per megabyte. I recently bought a > 200-gig drive for $100. Assume the $1-per-meg limit I purchased a 325 meg Maxtor in 1993 for just around $300, or maybe a wee biit more. (I'm sure the drive would still work, too). :) So that puts the dollar per megabyte barrier approximately 12 years ago. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
