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Computer drive sizes over the years (infosec.pub)
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I just got a new laptop today and when I saw the ssd it blew my mind. Most of my old drives are like the second from left and it's what I think of as a normal drive, buying a standard ssd still feels small to me. But look at that tiny thing to the right! It's the size of a postage stamp!

Assuming I managed to find the right specs (it is a Microscience hh-1050): The monster on the far left is from 1990, holds 40mb, read/write of 0.625mb/s, and weighs almost exactly 2kg. The baby on the far right I got in the mail today, holds 1tb, read/write of 5150mb/s, and weighs about 2.85 grams.

So we're looking at 25,000 times more storage, 8,240 times faster, and 1/700th the weight! And the one on the right is just 1tb, they make one that same model but 2tb. I can barely believe it exists even though I'm literally holding it in my hands.

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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (9 children)

It'd be gnar if the smallest one was also a magnetic platter hard drive.

The smallest old style hard drive I can think of is the iPod. But now I want to know if any magnetic platter drives got smaller than that... ๐Ÿค”

Afaik, it's all been solid state after that. Even newer iPods.

[โ€“] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)
[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's so tiny! ๐Ÿ˜

Omg it was made in 1998?! :O

[โ€“] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Pulled from my Life drive :)

And further into the article: "Toshiba decided to skip the 1" form factor, and in March 2004 announced a 0.85" drive that shipped in September of the same year.[38] "

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