5 MB harddrive being shipped by IBM – 1956.

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    1. RepostSleuthBot on

      Looks like a repost. I’ve seen this image 16 times.

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    2. AylaMoonveil on

      Imagine needing a forklift just to store one high res photo from a modern phone. Technology is absolutely insane.

    3. fuckin relative cost of this would probably match a 5mb harddrive today. bloody datacenters

    4. CMDR_BitMedler on

      Fun fact: coming in at around 270kb, this image of this hard drive would constitute over 5% of the available capacity.

      These drives could be leased for $3,200/mth (or $28k – $35k/mth in todays dollars) meaning this image would have cost $168.75 or $1850/mth to store.

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