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A tale of two gigabytes

JD Rucker
By Oceanside, CA1 min read
The difference between two gigabytes
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On the left, you have a 1GB hard drive. It weighed about 75 lbs, and 31 years ago companies could get this, at the time the largest mass produced 1GB hard drive, for $81,000. On the right, you're probably familiar with a $15 1GB card. It's amazing to see how three decades can make such a difference in technologies.

What will 1GB look like three decades from now.

Here's a relevant and interesting video from Adam Savage:

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JD Rucker
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JD Rucker is Editor at Soshable, a Social Media Marketing Blog. He is a Christian, a husband, a father, and founder of both Judeo Christian Church and Dealer Authority. He drinks a lot of coffee, usually in the form of a 5-shot espresso over ice.

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