![UT Dallas Auxiliary Services on X: "In 1956, IBM created the first external hard drive. It required four people and a truck to move, and it only stored 5MB of data! Today, UT Dallas Auxiliary Services on X: "In 1956, IBM created the first external hard drive. It required four people and a truck to move, and it only stored 5MB of data! Today,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVLVuxaU0AAOa4q.jpg)
UT Dallas Auxiliary Services on X: "In 1956, IBM created the first external hard drive. It required four people and a truck to move, and it only stored 5MB of data! Today,
![Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/t9jgnpne3em21.png)
Left photo: a 5MB hard drive in 1956 that companies couldn't purchase...but could lease storage on for $28k/mo. Right photo: Two 32GB thumb drives I bought for $12 a piece. : r/interestingasfuck
![Computer hard drives have shrunk like crazy over the last 60 years - here's a look back | BusinessInsider India Computer hard drives have shrunk like crazy over the last 60 years - here's a look back | BusinessInsider India](https://www.businessinsider.in/photo/55097773/1956-IBM-shipped-the-first-hard-drive-its-5MB-RAMAC-305-By-todays-standards-it-was-unfathomably-huge-Each-megabyte-cost-10000-or-88000-in-todays-dollars-.jpg)