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Here is a nice list of historic hard disk prices (1955-2015): http://www.jcmit.com/diskprice.htm http://www.jcmit.com/diskprice.htm
by skrause 11y ago
Here is a nice list of historic hard disk prices (1955-2015): http://www.jcmit.com/diskprice.htm http://www.jcmit.com/diskprice.htm
- eveningcoffee 11y agoVery interesting. What we see is that when we look at cost per MB ratio (price/MB) then it tends to go down exponentially. This happened from the beginning till 1975 when something happened so that the prices rose even above the initial levels in 1956. But then it goes back down exponentially and it flattens around 1985. When we zoom in then we see that it continues to go down and then flattens around 1995. The fall now accelerates as the ratio flattens already in 5 years. Now when we move forward into into 2010, we see then continuation of the fall till sudden spike in 2012 when the ratio raises back to 2010 levels and then continues to fall and reaches the pre 2012 levels in 2014. After 2014 the ratio still continues to fall. Edit: So in cost per MB, we start with tens of thousands of $ per MB and reach tens of $ per MB in 1985. Then reach tens of cents per MB in 1995 and in 2010 we have tents of cent per MB.
- hga 11y agoThe 2012-2014 spike was due to an act of God: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Thailand_floods#Damages_to_industrial_estates_and_global_supply_shortages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Thailand_floods#Damages_t... I read there was a lot of supply chain damage as well, part of why general recovery for industry took two years.