(Assumptions: Every 18 months RAM doubles in size, HD increase 275% in size, CPU speed increases 40%, and cost drops 10%).

                                          Moore's Law

  1984                               1990               1999
  RAM (in Megabytes)      0.13               2                      131
  HD (in Megabytes)          0.4                23                    10000
  CPU (in MHz)                 10                 51                     411
  Cost                               $4,000.00       $2,600.00         $1,400.00

Table 1 - Moore's Law

Taking the reverse stance of education, business and industry have adopted the approach of staying up-to-date with technology. The current economy appears to support the notion that this approach is valid, yet the majority of our schools continue to adopt the approach of remaining several technological generations behind business and industry.