Stora, dyra saker

Suzie på Meebo skriver om den teknoligiska utvecklingen. Det är man rätt van vid att reflektera över, men hon har räknat lite på vad tekiken kostade förr... lite tankeväckande. Man får rätt mycket bang for the buck nu.

"small things
suzie posted this on June 23, 2009

I got a chance to visit my family back in Texas over Memorial Day weekend, and over dinner one night, my mom made reference to how excited my Dad was when his company got its first computer in 1982. "Of course, they had to build an entire room to house the thing, as it was the size of an elephant," she facetiously remarked. This comment made me think about how compact technology has become just over the course of my lifetime. Computers that were once the size of an "elephant" can now be carried around in a medium-sized handbag, while flat-panel tvs are so thin they can be hung like a framed piece of art. And, why lug around a heavy book when you can download 1500 of them on a Kindle, or why even have a laptop when you have high speed internet from an iphone? It got me thinking about what we use every single day that will soon be smaller, mobile, or more efficient.

Here are a few memorable innovations from the early 1980s. We've certainly come a long way, and it makes me wonder, what's the next big thing, or rather, what big thing will soon be really small?


Apple III, 1982, Retail price: $3819 ($8467 in 2009 USD)


Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, 1983, First handheld cell phone Retail Price: $3995 ($8858 in 2009 USD)


Sony CDP-101, 1982, First commercial audio CD player Retail price: $900 ($1995 in 2009 USD)

Suzie"