Computer components are getting cheaper

Welcome to a headline that is always true. It'd be hard to believe that 10 years ago prices would be this cheap but at the same time not so hard.

It's possible to get a 1TB drive for $100 these days. That's about 10gb per dollar! Less if you find a fantastic deal on Bensbargains.net or wait a few months.

Also with the currect economic situation there's a glut of high-capacity ram on the market, driving prices down. Here is a current deal (as of 1/03) on zipzoomfly for a 2gb ddr2-800 Corsair memory kit for $10 after a mail-in rebate. Of course they get $55 of your money for a few months until you get the rebate check, if you get one at all.

On the other hand, here is a similar kit from ocz for $23 without any rebates.

$10-$20 for 2gb of very fast ram! Just a few years ago, 2003-2004ish I paid $90 each for some 512mb modules. Now it's possible to get 4gb for less than $50. Awesome.