Tapes and close to a quarter-century.

[Bill McGonigle]

On Sep 21, 2006, at 10:13, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> Solid state storage is kind of the holy grail of media,
> but given the speed at which the technology is moving, it could 
> possibly
> replace CDs and DVDs as storage devices.

Occasionally I have to remind myself that the data density and 
transistor count of my first personal computer to my current personal 
computer is a factor of about a million.  We should see that again 30 
years from now if Dr. Moore has anything to say about it.

I worked out on a napkin that 2020 is the year during which I'll be 
able to store all the HD video I could choose to consume for my 
foreseeable lifetime on a $300 'hard disk', mirrored. I have trouble 
imagining it.

-Bill