![The Iconic Photo of Bill Gates and the CD-ROM: A Reminder of How Far We've Come | by Erkan Yalcinkaya | Medium The Iconic Photo of Bill Gates and the CD-ROM: A Reminder of How Far We've Come | by Erkan Yalcinkaya | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*AKVk6eqMitFaQp0mocz1Lw.jpeg)
The Iconic Photo of Bill Gates and the CD-ROM: A Reminder of How Far We've Come | by Erkan Yalcinkaya | Medium
![This CD-ROM can hold more information than all the paper that's here below me" - Bill Gates, 1994 - Science and Tech post - Imgur This CD-ROM can hold more information than all the paper that's here below me" - Bill Gates, 1994 - Science and Tech post - Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/0K97FB2.jpg)
This CD-ROM can hold more information than all the paper that's here below me" - Bill Gates, 1994 - Science and Tech post - Imgur
![Cliff Pickover on X: "Technology and Change. Photo of Bill Gates high up in a tree, showing how much information a CD could hold, 1994. (Magnified at left.) Bill Gates says, "This Cliff Pickover on X: "Technology and Change. Photo of Bill Gates high up in a tree, showing how much information a CD could hold, 1994. (Magnified at left.) Bill Gates says, "This](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7aToLIWYAE8OvW.jpg)
Cliff Pickover on X: "Technology and Change. Photo of Bill Gates high up in a tree, showing how much information a CD could hold, 1994. (Magnified at left.) Bill Gates says, "This
![Jon Erlichman on X: "Bill Gates in 1994 showing a CD-ROM could hold more info than a stack of 330,000 pieces of paper. https://t.co/k9JT8FwMgP" / X Jon Erlichman on X: "Bill Gates in 1994 showing a CD-ROM could hold more info than a stack of 330,000 pieces of paper. https://t.co/k9JT8FwMgP" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhBssk7XcAUIuSc.jpg)
Jon Erlichman on X: "Bill Gates in 1994 showing a CD-ROM could hold more info than a stack of 330,000 pieces of paper. https://t.co/k9JT8FwMgP" / X
![This cd-rom can hold more information than all of the paper that's here below me" -Bill Gates 1994 : r/woahdude This cd-rom can hold more information than all of the paper that's here below me" -Bill Gates 1994 : r/woahdude](http://i.imgur.com/nHDrxse.jpg)
This cd-rom can hold more information than all of the paper that's here below me" -Bill Gates 1994 : r/woahdude
In 1994, Bill Gates sat on 300K pages of paper to show how much data a CD holds. In 2022, Wren held a 1 Terabyte memory card and sat on a… | Instagram
![This cd-rom can hold more information than all of the paper that's here below me" -Bill Gates 1994 : r/woahdude This cd-rom can hold more information than all of the paper that's here below me" -Bill Gates 1994 : r/woahdude](http://i.imgur.com/TmQ9k8H.jpg)