Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Memory shock
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Sat Mar 22 09:32:56 2008
References: <4cfa589b0803211701j2221834dka8b69be6a14c97a0@mail.gmail.com>

Hey do you remember paying $500 for 2gb CF memory? I do.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Bridge" Subject: [Leica] Memory shock


> They built a Costco up the road from us a bit, gave out some free
> memberships, so we bit and joined up.
> 
> A lot of America's obesity problems are explained by walking through 
> Costco.
> 
> But, I'm walking along there are memory cards on sale, a dual pack of
> 2 GB Sandisk Extreme II's for $25. It might have been $22. I found
> myself wondering what planet I was living on. I have this memory of
> paying on the order of $50 for one of these cards about the time I
> bought my M8?
> 
> And now I see 1 TB Seagate drives are out there for $250-280 dollars.
> I have to figure they are getting reliable enough to use for long-term
> storage.
> 
> What's next? Political speeches about race relations? Cats and dogs
> living together?
> 
> My mind is boggling...
> 
> Adam


Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Re: Memory shock)
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