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Mike Raiford wrote:
> I remember paying $300 for a 14.4 modem.
I have a CD burner sitting less than a foot away from me. My dad bought
it for about £300.
I have a second optical drive that's slightly closer to me. It reads and
burns CDs and multiple types of DVDs (including dual-layer). It cost me £24.
I notice, however, that all these devices seem to have a "minimum price"
that they never fall below. E.g., it is *impossible* to buy a harddrive
for less than £20. Once they get small enough, they just stop selling
them. They never decrease the price below £20.
I hypothesize that £20 is how much pig-iron there is an a HD. ;-)
(In a world where everything is made of cheap, flimsy plastic, I've
always found it comforting that HDs have a lot of good, honest, solid
*metal* in them...)
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