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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