See my comparison of the state of technology in 2008 versus 1992, when the last Democratic presidential transition took place.
Today, an average consumer can buy a terabyte hard drive (1 million megabytes), on which she might store her family photos, videos and other digital documents for as little as $109.99. In 1992, a terabyte drive, if such a thing had existed, would have cost $5 million.
Go to Forbes.com for the full article: “How Techno-creativity Will Save Us.”