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In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data. Let us start appreciating our 20GB hard drive!
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Posted: 2006-12-25 07:15:42
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Today 500gb is too less for some people!
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Posted: 2006-12-25 15:35:19
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tell me about it PK...
i've got 500gb and i need more...
shame i can only get one hdd in my mac.. rest is external..
i feel 1TB coming on soon to me
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Posted: 2006-12-25 15:47:46
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Got a 200gb Usb drive if you want it!
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Posted: 2006-12-25 15:49:58
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How long do you think before we can have 1 Terrabyte in our phones?
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Posted: 2007-02-09 13:47:11
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ha yeah 5Mb lol
50 years on and we can fit 4000Mb in a postage stamp sized stick....
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Posted: 2007-02-09 13:51:19
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not long mate.....
its all geting a bit silly really lol..... i hope all you who have 500+ gig (a lot) backs it up regular onto a hardcopy..... otehrwise one day, your worlds coming down lol.... i lost abotu 1000 pics from tunisia last year due to me not backing up - some can never be replaced as we went on a sahara desert 2 day trek (on camels etc).... doh!!!!!
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Posted: 2007-02-09 13:52:50
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ill have to buy 100,000 IBM RAMMEC's to backup my mp3's and pictures then....
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Posted: 2007-02-09 14:06:52
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really? youre buggered then
just hope you dont lose it all mate!
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Posted: 2007-02-09 15:11:12
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get a SAN setup i say
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Posted: 2007-02-09 23:02:56
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