When I first bought my very first Pentium computer it was a Pentium 60 with a whopping 8 MB of RAM. I was doing development, so I wanted to fill my brand new Packard Bell with 16 MB of RAM, so I went out and bought 2 4MB sticks. Each one was “cheap” at $195+tax.

Two weeks ago, I decided to upgrade my 2GB (667s) to 4GB (800s) desktop to breathe a little life into it and it cost me around $50 out of pocket with a $20 mail in rebate.

Today, I needed to pick up a new micro SD card and 2GB set me back $9.99+tax (including both mini and regular adapters).

Makes me think that nowadays I can pick up a laptop for as much as I paid for RAM way back when… so I guess 5 years from now, when I am buying a 1 TB solid state HD for $100, I will not complain.