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the march of technology   09.14.2006, 12:57 PM

posted by jesse wilbur

Sept. 13, 1956

IBM's 5MegaByte hard drive, is the size of two refrigerators and costs $50,000.

Feb. 13, 2006

Seagate's 12GigaByte hard drive, will fit in your cell phone.

Sept. 13, 2006

50 years later: 200 times more storage than the IBM drive on something smaller than a postage stamp. (Size: 11mm widex 15mm long x 1mm tall).

(thanks to endgadget)

Posted by jesse wilbur on September 14, 2006 12:57 PM
tags: IBM, compactflash, hard_drive, kingston, seagate

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