IBM mainframe goes for 99 cents

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Feb 25 02:08:10 2005

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, JimD wrote:

> >Or you can just wait about 2-3 years until the next generation
> >microprocessors surpass it in power for only $1,200.
> >
> Not for a while, Can you get a machine with 100Gb of ram and 40
> terabyte of storage for $1200, even in ten years ( maybe)? You've been
> reading too many IEEE spectrum mags again Selam.

Actually, 10 years from now we'll probably have machines with 100Tb of RAM
and 40Pb (petabytes) of storage!

And Windows will STILL run slow!!

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