1980: a whopping 10 megabytes of hard drive cost $3,495 — and that was the factory rebuilt one. Brand new? $4,495. Plus $1,495 for the controller.
Today, one terabyte — 100,000× the storage — fits on a card the size of a fingernail for about $75.
#techhistory #1980s #tech #retro
1980: a whopping 10 megabytes of hard drive cost $3,495 — and that was the factory rebuilt one. Brand new? $4,495. Plus $1,495 for the controller. Today, one terabyte — 100,000× the storage — fits on a card the size of a fingernail for about $75. #techhistory #1980s #tech #retro
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1980: a whopping 10 megabytes of hard drive cost $3,495 — and that was the factory rebuilt one. Brand new? $4,495. Plus $1,495 for the controller.
Today, one terabyte — 100,000× the storage — fits on a card the size of a fingernail for about $75.
#techhistory #1980s #tech #retro
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