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Old November 6th, 2007, 12:15 PM   #1
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Old November 7th, 2007, 07:09 AM   #2
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Ha! Early adopters rule.
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Old November 7th, 2007, 07:33 AM   #3
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Seriously. 10 MB. Contrast to a DVD writeable at what, 4.7G? For about 50 cents on sale.
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Old November 12th, 2007, 12:48 PM   #4
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I'm done paying big money for puters, there's nothing like buying a $4k puter thats a boat anchor you cant even give away a few years later.
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Old November 14th, 2007, 09:23 AM   #5
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I'm done paying big money for puters, there's nothing like buying a $4k puter thats a boat anchor you cant even give away a few years later.
White box your PCs.
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Old November 14th, 2007, 10:34 AM   #6
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That is fantastic. I think most cell phones have more memory.
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Old November 16th, 2007, 07:40 PM   #7
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On the back of one of my old DOS books it has an ad for an IMB personal PC and the tag line reads, "ONE MEG OF MEMORY AND 512k HD!"... the price.. $6,700.

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Old November 19th, 2007, 01:45 PM   #8
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On the back of one of my old DOS books it has an ad for an IMB personal PC and the tag line reads, "ONE MEG OF MEMORY AND 512k HD!"... the price.. $6,700.

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