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> Wes Hardaker <wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu> writes:
> 
> > Ahh...  I see...  But compare the cost of a 11gb disk to the cost of
> > storing 111 cd's in the jukebox I mentioned (* 350.0 (/ 111.0 301.0))
> > = US$129.  Go ahead.  Try to find a 11Gb disk for that price...  :-)
> 
> Yeah, but I only need a 6GB disk to store 111 CDs.  Which costs $226.
> 
> The point here is that a 350 audio CD changer Is Not Enough, though.
> I need to be able to store (at least) 3000 albums.  Not that I have
> that many, but I'm still youngish.
> 
> (I'm sampling the "M" vinyl now.  Did I really have that many
> Morrissey eps?  Huh.  Tsk, tsk.)

The answer RW DVD. 26Gb.

Cheers,
Julian.