[tluyben2]

Yep; tape was the cheapest, easiest thing there was. You didn't have to buy any extra stuff. Like sd cards are now for music/pics/vids/computers. It was slow but I had fun.

Waiting for things also makes it more special/valuable; instant gratification is definitely not what it's cracked up to be in most cases; buying games is definitely one of those things. When I buy some instant games for my Android devices is one of them; they appear instantly, you try them and discard mostly. When you have to wait 15 min and have a good chance your computer will crash during the ordeal so you'll have to wait another 15 min you'll feel it has more value for your money for some reason. You would play games which suck for weeks/months because they take effort to load and get going. Not sure if that's different now with Linux; when you cannot get something going because you have to build it and ./configure; make; make install has errors; if, after a week of messing around, you get it going, you'll bloody play/use it, no matter what it turns out to be.

[freehunter]

Well SD cards these days are kind of a replacement for cassettes. Cameras use them, camcorders use them, phones use them, computers use them, tablets use them, some cards can use them. An SD card isn't limited to one device, similar to how a cassette found its home in the recording studio, the car, the home, and the computer.

[tluyben2]

Yep, that was my point :)

[freehunter]

Ah, I guess I misunderstood. Apologies.