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01/12/2006

$40,000 Hard Drive

Back in 1985, hard drives were gigantic and not to mention insanely expensive (40MB/$40,000) as shown in the above image. That was coincidentally the same year Microsoft released Windows 1.0 which sold for $100 ($177.47 with inflation) a piece. I like how the display behind it has a huge magnifying glass that almost makes you think hard drives now days (2006) are microscopic which they really aren't...yet. Source: [OhGizmo]

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Posted at 01/12/2006 09:33am by Ron
At first i thought it was the bottom end of a motorcycle engine, or even a car transmission, but then i saw 400MB!! Pretty funny stuff.
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Posted at 01/12/2006 09:34am by Ron
Sorry, i mean 40MB, even funnier!
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Posted at 01/12/2006 12:33pm by Andy
Who would pay $400 for a 6GB drive today? Unless maybe it was a USB Flash drive or something, but that still seems to be pushing it.
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Posted at 01/12/2006 1:18pm by osama bin login
my anus is bleeding
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Posted at 01/12/2006 4:28pm by riot-x
A 6GB HD for $400? That's a bit steep.
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Posted at 01/12/2006 4:43pm by Paul
That cant be right can it? $400 for a 6GB drive in 2006???? surely not
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Posted at 01/12/2006 4:54pm by ashley
i know technology has come on since then but what would it be worth now im from the uk to and you got your dates mixed up lol
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Posted at 01/12/2006 4:55pm by ashley
12/01/06 lol
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Posted at 01/12/2006 4:58pm by HDD guy
This is BS. I worked on a 100MB 5.25 Winchester in 1985 -- $2500
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Posted at 01/12/2006 5:06pm by Andrew
I like the old style hard drive.... looks classy! I'd be proud to have it in my home right next to my Pentium 233Mhz.
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Posted at 01/12/2006 5:13pm by Jay Jacobs
lol...wow
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Posted at 01/12/2006 6:05pm by Andrew
Wow, thats disgustingly massive
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Posted at 01/12/2006 6:16pm by Kenny
Whats up with the 6 Gig HD for 400$ in the background? Thats really expensive for a HD now a days, especially for only 6 Gigs....
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Posted at 01/12/2006 6:45pm by Aaron
Never thought I'd see the day when you'd see computer antiques. I think I have an old TRS-80 lying around somewhere. Wonder if I can get that much for it.
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Posted at 01/12/2006 6:59pm by Teeg
its funny now we have iPods with more memory than that. heh
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Posted at 01/12/2006 7:06pm by tincho.de - your #1 blog against boredom » Blog Archive » [MISC] $40.000 Hard Drive
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Posted at 01/12/2006 7:12pm by e-unit
i dont get it.
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Posted at 01/12/2006 7:18pm by matthew
$400 for a 6GB harddrive? Thats a ripoff by 2006 standards! That should probably be dated 1996.
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Posted at 01/12/2006 7:30pm by J.J.
thats kind of expensive for a 6 gig is it not?
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Posted at 01/12/2006 7:42pm by jeffo
that "harddrive" in the background actually looks like a microdrive.
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Posted at 01/12/2006 8:02pm by Kirtar Valkin
When did 6 gigabytes cost $400 in 2006?
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Posted at 01/12/2006 8:05pm by yo mamma
My psp hardrive has 1 GB and its so, so, so small!! but that giant freakin' thing has 40 MB pretty good... FOR 1985!! my harddrive has hundreds of MB!!
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Posted at 01/12/2006 8:11pm by Ernie
eventually we'll have brain tissue for harddrive/processor combo, which can probably hold a couple million TigaBytes!
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Posted at 01/12/2006 8:19pm by meh
WTF!?!?!? a 6 GB hard drive is not $400! an ipod with 40 GB is only 300, and thats not even a hard drive by itself...
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Posted at 01/12/2006 8:29pm by Chris
Wow gigantic compared too today. I have a question though. What computer store is selling only 6 GB for $400!? I think that only 6 GB should be way, way less than that. Am I missing something?
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