IBM mainframe goes for 99 cents

Fri Feb 25 02:08:10 CST 2005

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, JimD wrote:

> >Or you can just wait about 2-3 years until the next generation
> >microprocessors surpass it in power for only $1,200.
> >
> Not for a while, Can you get a machine with  100Gb of ram  and  40
> terabyte of storage for $1200, even in  ten years ( maybe)? You've been
> reading too many IEEE spectrum mags again Selam.

Actually, 10 years from now we'll probably have machines with 100Tb of RAM
and 40Pb (petabytes) of storage!

And Windows will STILL run slow!!

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