![Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/t9jgnpne3em21.png)
Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck
Wait But Why - A 5MB hard drive in 1956 vs. a 1TB hard drive today. 1TB = 200,000 5MB drives. In 1956, you'd need a hard drive the size of a
![A 5MB IBM hard disk drive is loaded onto an aeroplane in 1956 Source:... | Download Scientific Diagram A 5MB IBM hard disk drive is loaded onto an aeroplane in 1956 Source:... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358918959/figure/fig5/AS:1128657460428817@1646104316995/Comparing-different-scenarios-in-cost-Scenario-4_Q320.jpg)
A 5MB IBM hard disk drive is loaded onto an aeroplane in 1956 Source:... | Download Scientific Diagram
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