Finally, It's here.

Picture from 1954 Popular Mechanics Magazine...

Read the caption and marvel.

 

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This is a 5 Meg Hard Disk in 1956.  In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD).  The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.

Start appreciating your 4 GB memory stick!