Comments | seether: The slow march of progress

seether

The slow march of progress

Mar 21, 2006 10:25

SCSI 4X cd burner purchased in 1999 - $350

IDE 16X DVD burner purchased this week - $40

Installing the burner, screwing the computer case back on, and THEN realizing that you forgot to write down the serial number on the top of the burner - Priceless

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mc_dork March 21 2006, 16:38:07 UTC

Let me guess, you went to Fry's...

seether March 21 2006, 16:41:22 UTC

Nah, I Newegg'd it...the less I visit Fry's, the happier my family is.

mc_dork March 21 2006, 16:55:04 UTC

Ahh, true.

mc_dork March 21 2006, 18:10:22 UTC

This whole thing reminds me of my first burner..

HP 1x scsi, it cost me $800 at Best buy in 1996.

I think I might still have it in a box someplace.

wc March 21 2006, 16:55:19 UTC

I think I paid $500 for my 4x IDE burner in 1997... my how times have changed. Now we have $500 HD-DVD and BluRay burners to look forward to, coupled with astronomical media prices.

seether March 21 2006, 17:01:51 UTC

It almost makes me long for those care free bachelor days when "disposable income" was in large supply.

Almost.

I think it almost scares me a little to think that I spent almost $1500 building my first system back in 1998...I can imagine Crystal finding new and inventive ways to disembowel me were I to attempt something like that today.

wc March 21 2006, 17:08:55 UTC

No kidding. I don't think I'll ever completely rebuild my machine, I'll just keep upgrading a component here or there as needed.

slvr March 21 2006, 17:06:57 UTC

*cough* you paid? and it was 98 ;)

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