NICE,
Of course my Wife isn't a Pack rat, I guess I am... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 ________________________________ From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 Lucky you. My wife would have just chucked them without a word, especially since I threw out her stinking old slippers without asking :-) 2009/6/11 Ziots, Edward <ezi...@lifespan.org> Smile want to see what is in my home office closet, Windows IT Pro magazines from 7 years ago, stacked from the floor to the ceiling, my Wife is still trying to get me to throw some of them out, and I tell her, but what if I need to look something up in some obscure issue from like 2004, she just gives me that "whatever" face and laughs... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 ________________________________ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT : 2000 .vs. 2009 cleaning out some old clutter in my home office, and found a couple PC Magazines from June 2000 ... Some amazing/fun/sad comparisons Although PC Mag is now out of production, the last issues were about 80 pages or so, June 2000 had 238 pages Crucial was advertising memory upgrades of 64mb for the bargain discount price of $59 versus the $110+ retail of the day / memory today is easily 512mb for under $50 Laptops with 'up to' 14.1" screens were touted in 2000 to have 64mb RAM, 8gb hard drives, and only cost around $2400 Article from June 2000 about IBM's "Really Big Hard Drive" for only $699, had a whopping 75gb capacity ( I do remember scsi server drives in the 4gb-8gb range then ) ... in 2009, a couple months ago, a 1.5tb, yes TERAbyte SATA drive was under $150 ! I almost hate to throw those old issues away .... almost Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
