Memory Madness
Posted: 16/05/08 06:58 PM
Last month i got a Kingston 8 GB usb stick for $30. I was amazed considering that last year I bought the 2 GB version for the same price, which I thought was a bargain at the time. Currently the price of the 8 GB stick has gone up a little bit since I purchased it from Future Shop, but regardless this is incredible how cheap flash memory is getting.
Also last month, I bought a 1 Terrabyte internal harddrive for around $220. Again, a complete shock that I could get so much data for such a low price. And it’s almost scary to think how much data someone like myself is consuming, making it nearly impossible to back everything up in the event of a disaster.
To complete the trilogy here, I also upgraded the RAM in my desktop. Trying to match the exact sticks which are already in the machine, I paid $50 for the same RAM chips which I paid $250 for last year when I originally built the PC. Amazing!
Anyways, I know this post isn’t really breaking any ground, and i’m sure many people are sort of over it that data is getting cheaper, but i’m in awe as to how much data we can buy for such a low price.
It seems like now is a great time to upgrade your memory and storage, but then again in three months everything will be double the memory for half the price of what it is today.