prettypistolgg OP t1_j9lqwq2 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Reply to comment by Jackrabbitkeys in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

What about winding your Casettes with a pencil?

prettypistolgg OP t1_j9lb320 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 8:20 PM

Reply to comment by Regnes in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

That's pretty much what I'm talking about here.

prettypistolgg OP t1_j9jkmkf wrote on February 22, 2023 at 12:59 PM

Reply to comment by Ringhoo in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

I looked it up and apparently CD preceded VHS and Betamax so I can see how someone who needed or wanted to record and store media files would dish out that kind of money, especially if it was for a business or something

prettypistolgg OP t1_j9hq41i wrote on February 22, 2023 at 1:29 AM

Reply to comment by RonSwansonsOldMan in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

Do you mean DVD?

prettypistolgg OP t1_j9hppfp wrote on February 22, 2023 at 1:26 AM

Reply to comment by RonSwansonsOldMan in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

That.... Can't be true. Really??!? Are you talking like CD-RW drives? Or like walkman players?

prettypistolgg OP t1_j9ftxma wrote on February 21, 2023 at 4:51 PM

Reply to comment by Moghovich in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

Yeah when you calculate for inflation it's a little alarming

prettypistolgg OP t1_j9fig1h wrote on February 21, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Reply to comment by CruisinJo214 in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

I remember them I just didn't have that kind of money back then lol

prettypistolgg OP t1_j9fi7vm wrote on February 21, 2023 at 3:34 PM

Reply to comment by Cumupin420 in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

Not disagreeing, but my thought was specifically about how flash drives aren't really all that common place anymore, where as when I was in university 12 years ago it was a necessity

prettypistolgg OP t1_j9f45p2 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 1:51 PM

Reply to comment by LuxInteriot in The new generations will never understand the pain for paying $100 for a 1GB flash drive by prettypistolgg

Oh for sure. I've seen old computers that took up entire rooms and had less power than our phones today. I just remember needing a flash drive for university and having to spend $100 just to get a reasonable amount of storage. This was only 12 years ago but it didn't take long for flash storage to get mostly phased out of everyday use.