It isn't... though of course a desktop won't fit in your hands (unless you have extremely, extremely large hands)... The Maxtor 80GB drive was introduced in mi

It isn't... though of course a desktop won't fit in your hands (unless you have extremely, extremely large hands)... The Maxtor 80GB drive was introduced in mid-2000 : http://www.pcworld.com/article/1766/maxtor_rolls_out_80gb_hard_drive.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/1766/maxtor_rolls_out_80gb_ha... The best CPU in mid-2000 (x86 architecture) you could get was a PIII at about 1Ghz ... or else the Athlon at a similar clock speed, with higher memory bandwidth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors 19" CRT monitors were widely available for under $500, with resolutions of at least 1280x1024 and some going to 1600x1200 ... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WUB/is_1999_May_17/ai_54665206/ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WUB/is_1999_May_17/a... ATI had already introduced 128bit GPUs (limited by today's standards of course) with 32MB to 64MB DDR RAM, capable of 32-bit color at 1600x1200: http://www.itnetcentral.com/tech/atis-latest-graphics-engine-ati-radeon-309.html http://www.itnetcentral.com/tech/atis-latest-graphics-engine...