http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/10/26/deal-of-the-century-just-2-cents-a-byte-pic/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/10/26/deal-of-the-century-just-2-cents-a-byte-pic/#comment-290581 Greg K Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=18942#comment-290581 The first hard disk cost $100,000 for 5Mb of disk space (not RAM mind you!). So 1Gb would cost $20.5M without inflation. I have 12Gb of RAM in my i7 build, and 5Tb of disk space, of which 240 is SSD with 250Mb/sec reads. I AM A GAZZILIONAIRE in 1957! :-) The first hard disk cost $100,000 for 5Mb of disk space (not RAM mind you!). So 1Gb would cost $20.5M without inflation. I have 12Gb of RAM in my i7 build, and 5Tb of disk space, of which 240 is SSD with 250Mb/sec reads. I AM A GAZZILIONAIRE in 1957! :-)

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