r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Uguero • 17d ago

of a storage unit

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In 1956, IBM shipped a 5MB hard drive... and it weighed over a ton. Yep, just 5 megabytes required a forklift and a cargo plane. Today, that's not even one iPhone photo.

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u/aimidin 16d ago

4-5 people working, 20+ watching, this seems like Balkan road workers

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u/Grobyc27 16d ago

You guys got 4-5 people working over there?? Must be nice.