>> Oh, I'm sure high resolution scanners exist. I've just never seen any on 
>> sale. Apparently I shop at a place that only sells ancient technology...
> 
> Of course you saw them on sale, you just didn't look at the resolutions. I 
> didn't either until I started shopping for a scanner. Your shops probably 
> sell a basic all-in-one like the Canon Pixma MP610 for instance or the Epson 
> Perfection line of flatbed scanners.

Oh, what, in a physical shop? I don't often enter those... ;-)

>> Hmm. That's kind of worrying them. Broadband technology is nowhere close 
>> to keeping up with that kind of file size...
> 
> No but this explains why having lots of RAM and processing power is 
> important for regular folks. And what about that 500 Mb movie file than 
> anyone with a recent, cheap, entry-level digital camera can record and be 
> willing to edit and email to grandma?

I realise this will probably be met with derision, but... you can edit 
video on a "normal" PC now?

[Sure, I'm aware you can do if it you either spend millions on a 
high-end video server or just wait several weeks, but I didn't think the 
hardware or software for doing this exists at the comsumer level yet.]

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