"Homer J Simpson" wrote in message
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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CD players have lasers that get dirty and get tossed long before the
actual laser diode is gone.

And even DVD burners are now so cheap that its just a yawn.

We've gone from an 80K floppy drive that cost $800 to a DVD burner that
can store 9 Gb and costs $35.

From an 8 Mb hard drive that cost $7,000 to a 320 Gb drive that costs
$100.

I remember getting a 20MB hard drive and being ridiculed for opulence.
"How are you EVER going to fill THAT up?" That was on a 8088 machine.
Tomes