Comments on: 24 Years Later http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:52:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Doormatt http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-4761 Doormatt Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:14:26 +0000 http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/#comment-4761 Hate to break it to you, but the article is full of math mistakes.<br /> <br /> "1GB is equal to 1,024K" I think you mean 1024MB<br /> <br /> If I could buy an ST-225 for $125, the cost per mega-byte (cpm) would be 9 cents. ... I don't even know where to start on this one. The cost per megabyte is $125/20MB = $6.25/MB Even if you meant megabit, then the answer is $125/(20MB*8) = 78.12 Cents<br /> <br /> <br /> Hate to break it to you, but the article is full of math mistakes.

“1GB is equal to 1,024K” I think you mean 1024MB

If I could buy an ST-225 for $125, the cost per mega-byte (cpm) would be 9 cents. … I don’t even know where to start on this one. The cost per megabyte is $125/20MB = $6.25/MB Even if you meant megabit, then the answer is $125/(20MB*8) = 78.12 Cents

]]> By: inflation counts http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-4759 inflation counts Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:01:06 +0000 http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/#comment-4759 You could also mention inflation. IBM that was worth $ 2500 in 1984 would cost in todays money over $ 5000.<br /> http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Calculators/Inflation_Rate_Calculator.asp#results You could also mention inflation. IBM that was worth $ 2500 in 1984 would cost in todays money over $ 5000.
http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Calculators/Inflation_Rate_Calculator.asp#results

]]> By: dmobile http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-4757 dmobile Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:40:30 +0000 http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/#comment-4757 I miss the old Commodore 64. those were the days<br /> check out my story on the Commodore 64 days I miss the old Commodore 64. those were the days
check out my story on the Commodore 64 days

]]> By: ken http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-4755 ken Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:45:51 +0000 http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/#comment-4755 good post,i wounder what the next 24 years will bring? good post,i wounder what the next 24 years will bring?

]]> By: R J Evans http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-4753 R J Evans Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:30:41 +0000 http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/#comment-4753 My maths sucks too! Excellent article - will be sharing this with my young students who have no clue about where we came from (price wise - they are fairly clued up on the principles of Darwinism!). My maths sucks too! Excellent article – will be sharing this with my young students who have no clue about where we came from (price wise – they are fairly clued up on the principles of Darwinism!).

]]> By: serenity http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-4751 serenity Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:18:42 +0000 http://computersight.com/computers/24-years-later/#comment-4751 Good article, but: "If RAM still held that value, todays standard 1GB would cost a whopping $754,974,720!"<br /> ((1024*1024)/64)*45 = $740,000 or so. Still a fair bit ;) Good article, but: “If RAM still held that value, todays standard 1GB would cost a whopping $754,974,720!”
((1024*1024)/64)*45 = $740,000 or so. Still a fair bit ;)

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