32 MB vs. 16 KB

32 MB vs. 16 KB

I recently dug out - and posted about - the 1983 Beige Model Texas Instruments TI99/4A that I got running was 4 times LESS powerful than the Commodore 64 ...

And then I was looking at the little flash drive unit in my bag the other night and I tried to do the math and it gave me a headache ...

The flash drive is smaller than my thumb and holds 32 MEGS and the TI is larger than a standard keyboard and has 16 K ...

I decided to do the math on the differentiation ...

1 megabyte equals 1,024 kilobytes ... so a 32 meg flashdrive holds 32,768 kilobytes ... meaning that the flashdrive holds 2,048 TIMES the information ...

The TI was $99 - and sold at a loss - in 1983 ... the flash drive is $5.99 ...
Wow ...