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I was just thinking about dial up last night while downloading a game update. My wifi was downloading like 1GB/min and I sat there absolutely amazed at how fast that was, thinking about how the younger me would’ve been mind-blown with that speed.
I don’t miss not knowing things. If I am unsure of something today I can pull out my phone and Google it. Although I do wish I had more of a reason to go to the library now
Younger me would have been kind blown about a 500mb hard drive.
That too! Imagine taking a 256 GB micro SD card to the past?
I remember getting my first computer: A 286 with a whole MB of RAM and a 40MB hard drive. I remember thinking that there is no way that I'd ever fill up that 40 MEGA-bytes!
Now, I'm typing this out on a phone with specs that would have shattered my brain at the time - and my phone isn't even top of the line. "Wait, your phone has 128GB of storage? Like 3,000 of my 286 computers?!!!"