Re: How much do the parts for a thumb drive cost?

I've seen 1 GB thumb drive for about $30, which means that
production and shipping cost is probably below $3.
Flash memory may replace hard drives in laptops within a
year or two, primarily to save power and increase speed.
The cost of most things is more to do with initial design
and production facilities and handling, than the raw
materials and unit labor.
Twenty years ago I had a Toshiba T1000 laptop that had the
OS in ROM and a virtual hard drive in RAM. It had no real
hard drive and only a 720 Kb floppy. It was B&W CGA and an
80C16 CPU at 4.77 MHz and ran a version of DOS.

Anybody wants to buy it, it still runs but needs either an
external monitor or a new LCD because it was damaged.



"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:e$7xBM$7GHA.940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| You are paying for the people who have the necessary
technology and the
| parts to put it together. Parts likely cost about $5.00
|
| --
|
| Regards,
|
| Richard Urban
| Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
| (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
|
| Quote from George Ankner:
| If you knew as much as you think you know,
| You would realize that you don't know what you thought you
knew!
|
| "Terry" <kilowatt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|
news:1160871770.919463.306390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Are the parts expensive or are we just paying for the
technology?
| >
| > How soon are these going to replace hard drives?
| >
|
|


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