Comments on: Technology signposts

By: walt

walt — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:46:47 +0000

Jeff: Really? I didn’t think you could buy $2 1GB drives–when I look at bulk-purchase sites, I’m not seeing prices anywhere near that. I stand corrected–but I’m seeing prices (at library web sites) like $8 for 1GB drives or $10 for 2GB, not $2 for 1GB. Could you point me to an example of a library selling $2 1GB flash drives?

By: Jeff Scott

Jeff Scott — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:43:04 +0000

There are always libraries who buy flash drives in bulk and sell the 1gb flash drive for that cheap or cheaper.

By: walt

walt — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:58:28 +0000

True enough–and, like eggs, there are typically lower limits on how much/many you can buy. (I’m guessing it’s hard to locate a new 50GB hard disk, for example…or a 50MB flash drive.)

Hmm. Just did a little searching, and you can buy a 40GB external hard disk–for $65. Why you would want to, I’m not quite sure…

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:48:18 +0000

Like eggs, donuts, and cookies, deciterabytes are cheaper by the dozen.