Tapes and close to a quarter-century.

[Bruce Dawson]

Bill McGonigle wrote:

> 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. 

But you won't be able to afford the licensing fees. Sigh.