[FatherofFive]

How far we have come, and so fast.

My first corporate PC did not have a hard drive. Just two 5 1/4" floppies. Had to load the software (Lotus 1-2-3) each time. And the file size could not exceed 64k. Had to put a separate cartridge into the HP printer and about a 32 character string to print landscape.

I should feel old but I don't.

[wbill]

The first server that I put together (20 years ago) had mirrored (!!!) 4.3 GB hard drives in it, 16 mb of RAM, and was used to run a pretty large real estate firm. Cost was close to 20 grand, if memory serves.

Now, I can go to Target and pick up an Ipod with orders of magnitude more storage and processing horsepower. They're what, less than a couple of hundred bucks? , completely disposable, and I'd carry one in my pocket to play music when I feel the need to be amused.

Technology never ceases to amaze me.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Remember when you had to go get your morning coffee while your desktop booted? And new software came on 10-20 floppies? And the only network was sneakernet?

Now do you feel old? I do. ;p