# My how times have changed... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 17, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323 "2006-11-17T09:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/1 "2006-11-17T09:09:55Z")
… ![http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1324&stc=1](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1324&stc=1) ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/2 "2006-11-17T09:10:24Z")
NICE!!! ---
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/3 "2006-11-17T09:11:26Z")
good price. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/4 "2006-11-17T09:23:39Z")
lol @ the key I have an old old old HDD laying around at my rents house somewhere… shit is like 5 MB and weighs in at approx 7-8lbs ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/5 "2006-11-17T09:53:46Z")
I’ll take it for 2300 shipped. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/6 "2006-11-17T09:55:45Z")
[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=940DE5DC133EF930A15753C1A96E948260](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=940DE5DC133EF930A15753C1A96E948260) @ $5,399 The Compaq SLT/286 laptop is a steal at a meer 14lbs being only 8 1/2" thick. 1 to 2" thinner than the competition! ---
**Author:** ![oneslowdsm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@oneslowdsm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oneslowdsm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/7 "2006-11-17T10:26:54Z")
that is crazy i wonder how much that would be in todays world, i mean 2300 was alot back then, its probably like 5000 in todays money ---
**Author:** ![Southtowns27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/southtowns27/32/5002_2.png) [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/8 "2006-11-17T11:19:58Z")
Dayum ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/9 "2006-11-17T15:52:45Z")
Mind boggling. If the automotive industry advanced like that and if, say, a $10,000 dollar car made 100 horsepower the same time as that drive, then currently you’d be able to get a 100,000 horsepower car for $1,000 bucks now. :bloated: Not apples to apples by any means, but still. That kind of advancement fucks my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/10 "2006-11-17T16:20:22Z")
those catalog numbers look like radioshacks ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/11 "2006-11-17T17:39:57Z")
it says radio shack on the unit… ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/12 "2006-11-18T05:22:45Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > Mind boggling. If the automotive industry advanced like that and if, say, a $10,000 dollar car made 100 horsepower the same time as that drive, then currently you’d be able to get a 100,000 horsepower car for $1,000 bucks now. :bloated: Not apples to apples by any means, but still. That kind of advancement fucks my mind. Technically that could be considered true, consider how old Ferrari’s, and Porsches put down 200HP or less. Had you told someone back in the 50s that you could easily buy a car that out handled a Ferrari, and was faster and had more features and was made by the Japanese on top of that they would have said you were insane. Ex. 1950 Ferrari 166 V12-2.0L @ 140HP Vs. 2007 Honda Civic I4-1.8L @ 140HP Yet here we are. It doesn’t move as fast as electronics do. But it does slowly trickle down. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/13 "2006-11-18T05:38:27Z")
> [@ieatpaint315](#): > > it says radio shack on the unit… and here i thought i was being extra observant… :ham: ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/14 "2006-11-18T06:23:57Z")
> [@FuzzyFish](#): > > Technically that could be considered true, consider how old Ferrari’s, and Porsches put down 200HP or less. Had you told someone back in the 50s that you could easily buy a car that out handled a Ferrari, and was faster and had more features and was made by the Japanese on top of that they would have said you were insane. > > Ex. > 1950 Ferrari 166 > V12-2.0L @ 140HP > > Vs. > > 2007 Honda Civic > I4-1.8L @ 140HP > > Yet here we are. It doesn’t move as fast as electronics do. But it does slowly trickle down. and what was the price on the ferrari back then compared to the civic today. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/15 "2006-11-18T06:26:22Z")
go to bestbuy right now or something. a 1tb hard drive is like 650 bucks. where you can get a 100gb harddrive for 50 bucks now. in proly 10 years a 1tb harddrive will be 50 bucks and a 1petabyte disc will be like 1000 bucks ---
**Author:** ![zero\_assault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/dfb087/32.png) [@zero\_assault](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zero_assault)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/16 "2006-11-18T06:28:45Z")
crazy, you can get a 1gb flashdrive for 20 bucks right now and its smaller then a pen. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/17 "2006-11-18T06:31:41Z")
> [@zero assault](#): > > crazy, you can get a 1gb flashdrive for 20 bucks right now and its smaller then a pen. my 1gb flash drive is smaller than a penny… its incredible how small things can be and hold so much now a day. ---
**Author:** ![BIGHANDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@BIGHANDS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BIGHANDS)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-times-have-changed/20323/18 "2006-11-18T07:13:39Z")
i remember a long long time ago i bought 4 mb of ram for an old ass mac computer and it was almost 400$