lets step back and look at the advancement of Computers

[JAW96]

So I was bored and was browsing YouTube when I found this video http://youtu.be/bw_JGFhlsUo%C2'> I was immediately struck by "Holy crap I remember that card!" and did what any reasonable person would do and watched it. As I was watching said video I had to sit back, and appreciate how far tech has gone is a reasonably short amount, I mean this card cost $350 back in its day, and I remember loaning my brother some money for the 5700 series, and that cost $250, and wasn't a great card, and was kinda hot, but it was the only thing that was reasonable to buy! Nowadays you can get that performace for $170! PC components have gone down in price, gone up in performance, and ease of use. I really wanted just to express how kind of amazing this all is!

[PillowSmoke]

And it's only going to get better!

[Toddwjp]

you never notice how fast something is moving when your on it. only when you look at were you started compared to where you are

[Clyne]

My GTX 280 costs 400 dollars when it was new(2008), i got it for 7 bucks used.

[WinNut]

I remember last school year every day I would go up to the computer lab at lunch and tinker with a PIII 233MHz system. Sadly, over the summer it was thrown out.

[MegaDave91]

Behold the ENIAC, the first electric general purpose computer:

 

[Juganog]

My grandfather used one of the first... if not the first computer in australia, he worked for the NAB at the time, the thing was bigger than a room and has photos of himself with it

[OriginalPromise]

Behold the ENIAC:

Behold the Quantum Computer:

[Solkia]

I booted up my father's old Windows 98 laptop earlier this year, and I was curious how big the HDD was.

 

4GB. It used a 4GB hard drive

 

That is so surreal to me. We've gone from 4GB to 6TB in a little under 20 years.

[JAW96]

I booted up my father's old Windows 98 laptop earlier this year, and I was curious how big the HDD was.

 

4GB. It used a 4GB hard drive

 

That is so surreal to me. We've gone from 4GB to 6TB in a little under 20 years.

saw a 1gb HDD that thing looked it would need a coal plant to drive!

[mooseducks86]

snip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QiniZE4588

 

'93

[evinta]

This year i brought FF8 for PC from a second hand store for $3. Inside was a advert for Voodoo 5.

 

Ah that brings back memories. Those voodoo adverts are insane.