‘microSD’ really means *micro*!

Since the power/mode button is smaller than a US dime in diameter, the microSD card really is “micro”! And this one holds 32GB! (I think you can currently get microSD cards as large as 128GB. Physical dimensions? Approximately 0.43" x 0.59" x 0.039" or 11mm x 15mm x 1mm!)

In my campus office, I have some “relic” computer disk drives. Among them: a brass “doughnut” (annulus) that was a storage disk and a 40MB internal hard drive — yes, you youngsters, forty MEGAbytes! — that probably weighs more than a lot of current-day laptops!

1 year ago (“Spira mirabilis”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-01-12
2 years ago (“Yellow = ‘Caution’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-01-12
3 years ago (“Lights, camera, no-action!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-01-12

[MaryBeth Dailey]

So tiny I would probably drop it! amazing how far storage has come! My first MP3 players had 32 megabytes and was partitioned into two 16 mgs sections something would hold about 20 songs total

[Rick Schies]

Isn't modern technology amazing

[Danette Thompson]

I remember when 40MB was huge! My first computer had 8k of RAM! Cost more than double of the laptop I bought 2 months ago (and it was used).

[Thom Mitchell]

@espyetta I did drop this one! It's really just a "wafer" so it made kind of a tinkly sound when it hit tile!

[Thom Mitchell]

@digitalrn It truly is, Rick. How far things have come! Digital photography, too; not just the storage capacities!

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette Wow! It's incredible, isn't it!?! When did you get your first computer? Ours was January, 1991. After that, I remember a time when PC RAM was $50 per megabyte! Since this current laptop is dying, I recalled that I paid almost $3,000 for my first laptop!

[Danette Thompson]

@rhoing I got my first home computer in 1980 or 81. We even sold it afterwards for almost the same amount it cost us! It was a TRS-80. I remember having to make backups on my work computer onto 8" diskettes and taking them to the bank. Now my backups are automatic and go into the cloud!

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette I'm sorry, but 8" is a disk, not a diskette! Wow, that was even before my time! My first home computer was a Gateway 286 in 1991! Where do you back up now: Carbonite? Google Drive? Dropbox?

[Danette Thompson]

@rhoing My oldest son can actually brag that he first learned on a computer with an amber screen (or maybe it was green).I back up to Carbonite. I also have the full version of Dropbox when I was having issues with my other computer and didn't know what to do with my photos (long story). Dropbox is good for sharing files and I find that useful, but I can probably do with the free version. I can't remember what they used to call Google Drive and I tried to use it, but got little cooperation from others. Now, I find it a bit annoying that my phone photos automatically are uploaded to Google (not posted). I use my phone to mostly take temporary type shots. Yet, I haven't gone to the effort to uncheck that feature. Google takes over life! I accidentally chose to have my text messages go through Google Hangout. Argh! Had to find out how to undo that one in a hurry.

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette You're a geek [too], Danette! And you got on-board early! Now you have me scrounging in my office, in The Box of Obsolete Technology! Remember ZIP drives? Man, those didn't last long.

[Danette Thompson]

@rhoing Yeah. I first learned how to use a computer when I was in high school. Occassionally it would give me a "fatal error"! That was always very bad news. Having my own business forces me to know more than I want. Thankfully I have some great computer techs. Yes, I remember zip drives. I somewhat enjoyed using them for backups as it was fast. Nothing after that was as easy,until the cloud made my life so much easier. Best decision I ever made!