Floppies becoming obsolete

[John Abreau]

On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 18:49, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> Not sure if I agree with Gates' timeline, but for many years I have
> thought that solid state memory technologies would replace mechanical
> devices. I have not analyzed the cost per byte, but USB drives are
> running about $40.00 retail for 256MB, which is 15 cents per megabyte.
> The real advantage of these devices is that they all plug into a

Of course, EIDE and Serial-ATA hard drives are less than $1 per GB; 
I see a 200 GB Serial-ATA drive for $105, or 53 cents per GB, and 
EIDE going for $69 for 160 GB (43 cents/GB) and $95 for 200 GB 
(47 cents/GB) when I check pricewatch.com. 

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