What A 1TB Hard Drive Would Be Worth In 1956

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03 Jan 2011 20:43 #1 by CinnamonGirl

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Computer History Museum to highlight storage, from RAMAC to microdrives
Today's $60 1TB drive would have cost $1 trillion in the '50s

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/ ... onomyId=19

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jf1acai
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03 Jan 2011 21:06 #2 by jf1acai

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I don't even want to think about what I have paid for hard drive storage over the past 30 years!

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03 Jan 2011 21:10 #3 by CinnamonGirl

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I remember when I had 27 MB between three hard drives and all my friends were jealous.

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04 Jan 2011 17:57 #4 by major bean

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The warehouse to contain the 1TB computer back in the 50s most probably have been the size of Houston, Texas.

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