Random Thoughts: Memories for Sale


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Taking a quick stroll through the electronics section of a major retail store the other day, looking at all of the things I didn’t need or couldn’t afford, I spotted an 8 GB SanDisk brand microSD (HC) card.  It wasn’t a shock, as I new the store carried them, but then I noticed the price!  A whole, whopping $31.88.  Yep, that’s it.  Now before you think how crazy I am, this isn’t to tell you that this is a fantastic deal; a person is likely to find a better offer at other stores and definitely when shopping online.

What stood out about the price to me is how it compared to my first purchase of an external card.  It is a rather fond memory: my first external card of any type was a 32 MB SanDisk brand CompactFlash card.  It was to expand the 8 MB internal memory of my Oregon Scientific Osaris.  I was so happy on the day it became mine, even though the price was a hefty $125.00 (it was 1999 when it was purchased).

Back from memory lane, later in present day afternoon, I started thinking about cost per megabyte.  It turns out I paid approximately $3.91 / MB for my 32 MB CompactFlash (bought in 1999) .  For the SD card, on the other hand, a person would pay approximately $.0038916/MB.

PS:  Don’t tell my wife you read this, or before she’ll let me purchase my next memory card, she’ll encourage me to wait for another 10 years, throwing around cost per MB breakdown and how much more I’ll get for my money!

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James
Jun 25, 2009

First 1GB (or “1000MB”) hard drive I ever saw advertised was $1000. Today a 1TB can be had for a little over $100. I bought a 1GB flash drive when Sandisk first came out with them for $100. Now a 16GB can be had for less than that. 16GB microSDHC’s were $100 a few months ago, I’ve seen them for $60 lately.

Convert 1999 dollars to 2009 dollars, that 32MB card cost you about $5/MB.

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