@TechTangents@dialup.space It probably also has to do with bandwidth limitations. There was a complete technology switch for disk drives since then; A 30TB HDD is only so useful since it takes so long to access all of it. Meanwhile SSDs took a while to become mainstream and affordable with sufficient disk space, but are quick enough to run modern tasks and t̶r̶a̶c̶k̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶p̶y̶w̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶f̶t̶w̶a̶r̶e̶s̶l̶o̶p̶ web engines. Meanwhile RAM got both better and bigger in one straight line.