The evolution of computers

[westkybanded]

Anyone remember what a big deal it was when in the 90's you could get a computer with an internal hard drive over one gigabyte? That was HUGE!!!! I thought I would never fill that up..

Then it was dozens, then hundreds of gigabytes... Now it's the terabyte.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070409/sc_livescience/newharddrivesholdaterabyteofdata

"In case you’re wondering, as printed text a terabyte would occupy 100 million reams of paper, consuming some 50,000 trees. It is enough to hold 16 days (not hours) of DVD-quality video, or a million pictures, or almost two years worth of continuous music."

What's next?

[quackrstackr]

Whatever happened to the good old days of TRS-80's with their wopping 4KiB of RAM? :(

[Louhunter]

Whatever happened to the good old days of TRS-80's with their wopping 4KiB of RAM? :(

Heath Kit computer with your cassette tape recorder for storage.....

[ecmbowhunter]

Ahhh....anybody remember the Commodore 64?

[KYCatBirdHunter]

computer processing ability has been growing at a double exponential rate for hundreds of years. We are lucky enough to be alive during the knee of the curve. In the next 20 years or so, the growth will become so rapid that it will cause a fundamental paradigm shift in every aspect of our lives. Nothing, (including government, transportation, communication, labor, entertainment, medicine...) will be able to continue to operate the way it "always has". Strap on your boots folks, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.