You Probably Forget How Cheap Memory Used to Be
jonbaer
21 points
3 comments
August 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
hnarayanan
How is it possible to make graphs that look this hideous?
floxy
I distinctly remember paying $40 per megabyte at Costco to upgrade my Cyrix 486-40 from 4MB to 8MB (maybe 1994 or so).