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Cost of 1 gigabyte of storage over time (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago) by [email protected] to c/sysadmin

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22872422

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Average cost for 1 gigabyte of storage:

45 years ago: $438,000 40 years ago: $238,000 35 years ago: $48,720 30 years ago: $5,152 25 years ago: $455 20 years ago: $5 15 years ago: $0.55 10 years ago: $0.05 5 years ago: $0.03 Today: $0.01

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well used, I got 4 of em for $5

[–] slazer2au 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Comparing new and used prices is just misleading.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Sometimes I guess...? Like yeah sometimes you find great steals like I did with that but usually the used market has similar prices for similar products. Check it out and save some money