Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Happy Birthday to hard drives!

Happy Birthday to hard drives!

The hard drive which was invented by IBM debuted 50 years ago today! Today, there have been nearly 2 billion units manufactured and this year, around 450 million units will be made. The cost of 1GB of space today is about fifty cents - amazing, huh? Especially considering that leasing hard drive space 50 years ago cost thousands and you only got a few MB of space.

Technology marches on...

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