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Hard Drive Capacities and Costs (1955-2000)

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Cost per MB ($) Source Manufacturer W y Capacity

Date	Cost per MB ($)	Source	Manufacturer	W y	Capacity
1956-01-01	10000	Note 0	IBM		5 megabytes
1980-01-01	193		Morrow Designs		26 megabytes
1980-07-01	233	Note 34	North Star		18 megabytes
1981-09-01	700		Apple		5 megabytes
1981-11-01	340		Seagate		5 megabytes
1981-12-01	460	Note 31	VR Data Corp.		6.3 megabytes
1981-12-01	300	Note 32	Morrow Designs		10 megabytes
1981-12-01	295	Note 33	Morrow Designs		10 megabytes
1981-12-01	289	Note 31	VR Data Corp.		19 megabytes
1981-12-01	191	Note 33	Morrow Designs		20 megabytes
1981-12-01	152	Note 33	Morrow Designs		26 megabytes
1981-12-01	138	Note 32	Morrow Designs		26 megabytes
1982-03-01	260		Xebec
1983-12-01	316	Note 35	Corvus		6 megabytes
1983-12-01	270	Note 35	Corvus		10 megabytes
1983-12-01	190	Note 35	Xcomp		10 megabytes
1983-12-01	175	Note 35	Corvus		20 megabytes
1983-12-01	165	Note 35	Davong		10 megabytes
1983-12-01	131	Note 35	Xcomp		16 megabytes
1983-12-01	119	Note 35	Davong		21 megabytes
1984-03-01	280	Note 37	Percom/Tandon		5 megabytes
1984-03-01	270	Note 38	not known		5 megabytes
1984-03-01	170	Note 37	Percom/Tandon		10 megabytes
1984-03-01	160	Note 38	not known		10 megabytes
1984-03-01	140	Note 37	Percom/Tandon		15 megabytes
1984-03-01	133	Note 38	not known		15 megabytes
1984-03-01	120	Note 37	Percom/Tandon		20 megabytes
1984-03-01	118	Note 38	not known		20 megabytes
1984-05-01	299	Note 36	Tecmar		5 megabytes
1984-05-01	283	Note 36	Corvus		6 megabytes
1984-05-01	214	Note 36	Corvus		11 megabytes
1984-05-01	200	Note 36	Comrex		10 megabytes
1984-05-01	181	Note 36	CTI		11 megabytes
1984-05-01	165	Note 36	Davong		10 megabytes
1984-05-01	158	Note 36	Corvus		20 megabytes
1984-05-01	140	Note 36	Davong		15 megabytes
1984-05-01	119	Note 36	Davong		21 megabytes
1984-05-01	108	Note 36	Pegasus (Great Lakes)		10 megabytes
1984-05-01	80	Note 36	Pegasus (Great Lakes)		23 megabytes
1985-07-01	71	Note 30	First Class Peripherals	1	10 megabytes
1987-10-01	90	Note 39	Iomega		10 megabytes
1987-10-01	60	Note 39	Iomega		20 megabytes
1987-10-01	45	Note 39	Iomega		40 megabytes
1988-05-01	40	Note 1			20 megabytes
1988-05-01	33	Note 1			30 megabytes
1988-05-01	27	Note 1			45 megabytes
1988-05-01	30	Note 1			60 megabytes
1988-05-01	16	Note 1			250 megabytes
1989-03-01	53	Note 56	Western Digital		20 megabytes
1989-03-01	36	Note 56	Western Digital		40 megabytes
1989-09-01	12	Note 11
1990-09-01	9	Note 11
1991-09-01	7	Note 11
1992-09-01	4	Note 11
1993-09-01	2	Note 11
1994-09-01	95	Note 11
1995-01-01	85	Note 2	Seagate	5	1.0 gigabyte
1995-01-01	88	Note 2	Seagate	5	1.7 gigabytes
1995-01-01	81	Note 2	Seagate	5	2.1 gigabytes
1995-01-01	99	Note 2	Seagate	5	2.9 gigabytes
1995-04-01	1.26	Note 24			240 megabytes
1995-04-01	92.2	Note 24			420 megabytes
1995-04-01	88.4	Note 24			520 megabytes
1995-04-01	66.9	Note 24			850 megabytes
1995-04-01	75.6	Note 24			1.0 gigabyte
1995-04-01	68.6	Note 24			1.2 gigabytes
1996-06-10	29.5	Note 3	Western Digital	3	1.6 gigabytes
1996-08-14	26.3	Note 4	IBM	3	1.76 gigabytes
1996-08-14	25.9	Note 4	Maxtor		2.0 gigabytes
1996-09-01	20.7	Note 5	Quantum		2.5 gigabytes
1996-09-01	17.3	Note 5	Quantum		3.2 gigabytes	$469.00
1996-09-01	17.3	Note 5	Quantum		3.2 gigabytes	$469.00
1997-08-13	18.1	Note 6	Western Digital		2.1 gigabytes
1997-08-13	14.8	Note 6	Western Digital		3.1 gigabytes
1997-08-13	14.1	Note 6	Western Digital		4.0 gigabytes
1997-08-24	15.3	Note 7	Western Digital	3	2.1 gigabytes
1997-08-24	12.2	Note 7	Western Digital	3	3.1 gigabytes
1997-08-24	11.8	Note 7	Maxtor	3	3.5 gigabytes
1997-08-24	11.8	Note 7	Maxtor	3	4.3 gigabytes
1997-08-24	10.4	Note 7	Western Digital	3	5.1 gigabytes
1997-09-05	11.0	Note 8	Maxtor	3	7.0 gigabytes
1997-11-29	10.4	Note 9	Western Digital		3.2 gigabytes
1997-11-29	10.2	Note 9	Quantum		3.2 gigabytes
1997-11-29	10.1	Note 9	Quantum		4.3 gigabytes
1997-11-29	9.76	Note 9	Western Digital		4.3 gigabytes
1997-11-29	8.54	Note 9	Quantum		6.4 gigabytes
1997-11-29	8.00	Note 9	Western Digital		6.4 gigabytes
1997-12-03	10.1	Note 10	Western Digital	3	5.1 gigabytes
1997-12-03	9.88	Note 10	Quantum	3	6.4 gigabytes
1997-12-03	9.71	Note 10	Maxtor	3	5.2 gigabytes
1997-12-03	9.53	Note 10	Maxtor	3	7.0 gigabytes
1997-12-03	9.31	Note 10	Maxtor	3	8.4 gigabytes
1998-01-16	9.52	Note 12	Western Digital	3	6.4 gigabytes
1998-01-16	9.36	Note 12	Quantum	3	4.3 gigabytes
1998-01-16	8.63	Note 12	Quantum	3	6.4 gigabytes
1998-01-16	8.39	Note 12	Maxtor	3	8.4 gigabytes
1998-02-03	7.85	Note 13	not known	3	5.2 gigabytes
1998-02-03	7.82	Note 13	not known	3	6.4 gigabytes
1998-04-02	8.57	Note 14	Maxtor	3	5.1 gigabytes
1998-04-02	8.56	Note 14	Maxtor	3	4.3 gigabytes
1998-04-02	7.43	Note 14	Western Digital	3	6.4 gigabytes
1998-04-02	6.11	Note 14	Quantum	3	6.4 gigabytes
1998-04-04	7.72	Note 17	not known		5.2 gigabytes
1998-04-04	7.63	Note 15	Maxtor	3	4.3 gigabytes
1998-04-04	6.65	Note 16	not known	3	6.4 gigabytes
1998-04-04	6.63	Note 16	not known	3	5.2 gigabytes
1998-04-04	6.38	Note 17	not known		9.0 gigabytes
1998-04-17	7.54	Note 18	Fujitsu		4.3 gigabytes
1998-04-17	7.32	Note 18	Fujitsu		5.2 gigabytes
1998-04-17	6.61	Note 18	Fujitsu		6.4 gigabytes
1998-05-02	6.29	Note 19	Seagate	1	6.4 gigabytes
1998-05-09	5.93	Note 20	Seagate		6.4 gigabytes
1998-05-11	8.16	Note 21	Fujitsu		3.2 gigabytes
1998-05-11	6.87	Note 21	Fujitsu		4.3 gigabytes
1998-05-11	6.61	Note 21	Fujitsu		5.2 gigabytes
1998-05-11	5.89	Note 21	Fujitsu		6.4 gigabytes
1998-06-06	6.05	Note 22	Maxtor	3	5.7 gigabytes
1998-06-12	6.10	Note 23	Quantum		4.3 gigabytes
1998-06-12	5.35	Note 23	Quantum		6.4 gigabytes
1998-07-15	5.51	Note 25			5.2 gigabytes
1998-07-31	5.91	Note 26	Western Digital IDE		5.1 gigabytes
1998-07-31	5.57	Note 26	Fujitsu IDE		5.2 gigabytes
1998-07-31	5.28	Note 26	Western Digital IDE		6.4 gigabytes
1998-07-31	5.23	Note 26	Western Digital IDE		8.4 gigabytes
1998-07-31	5.23	Note 26	Fujitsu IDE		6.4 gigabytes
1998-08-01	5.46	Note 27	Western Digital EIDE		4.0 gigabytes
1998-08-06	4.64	Note 28	Western Digital EIDE	3	5.1 gigabytes
1998-08-14	5.19	Note 29	Fujitsu		6.4 gigabytes
1998-08-26	5.03	Note 40	Seagate	1	6.4 gigabytes
1998-09-01	5.20	Note 41	Maxtor UDMA	3	8.4 gigabytes
1998-09-01	4.74	Note 41	Maxtor UDMA		6.8 gigabytes
1998-09-10	4.79	Note 42	Western Digital EIDE	3	5.1 gigabytes
1998-10-01	4.26	Note 43	Quantum		6.4 gigabytes
1999-02-12	4.31	Note 44	Quantum		8.0 gigabytes
1999-02-26	3.77	Note 45	Maxtor		8.4 gigabytes
1999-02-26	3.65	Note 46	Quantum		8.0 gigabytes
1999-02-27	3.07	Note 47	Quantum		19.2 gigabytes
1999-03-01	3.46	Note 48	Fujitsu Ultra DMA	3	8.4 gigabytes
1999-03-01	3.37	Note 48	Fujitsu Ultra DMA	3	10.2 gigabytes
1999-03-03	3.22	Note 49	Fujitsu Ultra DMA	3	8.4 gigabytes
1999-03-03	3.21	Note 49	Fujitsu Ultra DMA	3	10.2 gigabytes
1999-04-01	3.15	Note 50	Fujitsu UDMA		10.2 gigabytes
1999-04-01	3.14	Note 50	Fujitsu UDMA		8.4 gigabytes
1999-05-21	3.23	Note 51	Fujitsu UDMA		6.4 gigabytes
1999-05-27	2.76	Note 52	Fujitsu UDMA		10.2 gigabytes
1999-05-27	2.71	Note 52	Fujitsu UDMA		8.4 gigabytes
1999-05-27	2.45	Note 52	Fujitsu UDMA		17.3 gigabytes
1999-05-28	2.88	Note 53	Maxtor UDMA	3	10.0 gigabytes
1999-07-21	2.74	Note 54	Maxtor Ultra DMA	3	8.4 gigabytes
1999-07-30	2.63	Note 55	Fujitsu UDMA		6.4 gigabytes
1999-09-25	1.85	Note 57	Not known		10.2 gigabytes
1999-10-01	2.24	Note 58	Quantum CX UTA 66		10.2 gigabytes
1999-10-01	2.11	Note 58	Quantum KA 7200 rpm		13.6 gigabytes
1999-10-01	2.06	Note 58	Western Digital		20.0 gigabytes
1999-10-01	2.06	Note 58	Western Digital 7200 rpm		27.3 gigabytes
1999-10-01	1.85	Note 58	Quantum CX UTA 66		13.6 gigabytes
1999-12-01	2.23	Note 59	Western Digital IDE		20.5 gigabytes
1999-12-01	2.20	Note 59	Quantum IDE		18.2 gigabytes
1999-12-01	2.13	Note 60	Mfgr? UDMA		10.2 gigabytes
1999-12-01	2.13	Note 59	Fujitsu IDE		10.2 gigabytes
1999-12-01	1.84	Note 59	Fujitsu IDE		13.0 gigabytes
1999-12-01	1.73	Note 60	Mfgr? UDMA		13.0 gigabytes
1999-12-01	1.69	Note 59	Fujitsu IDE		20.4 gigabytes
1999-12-01	1.65	Note 59	Fujitsu IDE		17.3 gigabytes
1999-12-01	1.63	Note 59	Fujitsu IDE		27.3 gigabytes
1999-12-01	1.50	Note 60	Mfgr? UDMA		17.3 gigabytes	$225.00
1999-12-01	1.50	Note 60	Mfgr? UDMA		17.3 gigabytes	$225.00
2000-02-01	1.97	Note 61	Mfgr? UDMA		10.2 gigabytes	$175.00
2000-02-01	1.69	Note 62	Fujitsu		20.4 gigabytes	$299.00
2000-02-01	1.68	Note 62	Fujitsu		13.6 gigabytes	$199.00
2000-02-01	1.68	Note 64	Mfgr?		12.9 gigabytes	$187.99
2000-02-01	1.67	Note 63	Fujitsu		13.6 gigabytes	$197.80
2000-02-01	1.65	Note 61	Mfgr? UDMA		13.0 gigabytes	$186.00
2000-02-01	1.58	Note 62	Fujitsu		17.3 gigabytes	$238.00
2000-02-01	1.58	Note 62	Fujitsu		27.3 gigabytes	$375.00
2000-02-01	1.54	Note 63	Fujitsu		17.3 gigabytes	$232.30
2000-02-01	1.43	Note 61	Mfgr? UDMA		17.3 gigabytes	$215.00
2000-02-01	1.20	Note 64	Mfgr?		20.4 gigabytes	$211.99
2000-04-01	1.57	Note 69	IBM		20.5 gigabytes	$279.00
2000-04-01	1.51	Note 69	Maxtor		15.2 gigabytes	$199.00
2000-04-01	1.49	Note 70	Maxtor 7200rpm		20.0 gigabytes	$259.00
2000-04-01	1.47	Note 70	Maxtor UDMA		15.0 gigabytes	$192.00
2000-04-01	1.46	Note 70	Seagate UDMA		17.2 gigabytes	$218.00
2000-04-01	1.43	Note 70	Seagate UDMA		28.0 gigabytes	$349.00
2000-04-01	1.43	Note 68			17.3 gigabytes	$215.00
2000-04-01	1.39	Note 70	IBM UDMA 5400rpm		20.3 gigabytes	$245.00
2000-04-01	1.38	Note 70	Maxtor UDMA		17.0 gigabytes	$204.00
2000-04-01	1.36	Note 70	Maxtor 7200rpm		27.0 gigabytes	$320.00
2000-04-01	1.35	Note 68			20.4 gigabytes	$239.00
2000-04-01	1.30	Note 70	Maxtor UDMA		36.5 gigabytes	$411.00
2000-04-01	1.27	Note 70	Maxtor UDMA		27.0 gigabytes	$299.00
2000-04-01	1.25	Note 70	Western Digital UDMA		20.0 gigabytes	$218.00
2000-04-01	1.25	Note 70	Maxtor UDMA		20.0 gigabytes	$217.00
2000-04-01	1.18	Note 70	Maxtor UDMA		30.0 gigabytes	$308.00
2000-05-12	1.52	Note 65	Western Digital Ultra ATA/66 5400rpm		13.6 gigabytes	$179.99
2000-05-12	1.23	Note 65	Maxtor UDMA/66 7200rpm		30.0 gigabytes	$319.99
2000-05-12	1.15	Note 66	Maxtor UDMA/66 7200rpm	3	40.0 gigabytes	$399.99
2000-06-02	1.46	Note 67	Maxtor UDMA/66 5400rpm	3	15.0 gigabytes	$189.99
2000-08-01	1.24	Note 73	Samsung		15.0 gigabytes	$162.00
2000-08-01	1.12	Note 74	Maxtor IDE 7200rpm		30.5 gigabytes	$298.00
2000-08-01	1.01	Note 73	Samsung		20.0 gigabytes	$175.00
2000-08-19	1.09	Note 72	Maxtor 7200rpm 9ms		40.9 gigabytes	$388.00
2000-08-19	1.08	Note 71	Maxtor 5400rpm		15.3 gigabytes	$144.00
2000-08-19	1.04	Note 72	Maxtor 7200rpm 9ms		30.7 gigabytes	$278.00
2000-08-19	0.925	Note 71	Maxtor 5400rpm		20.4 gigabytes	$164.00
2000-08-19	0.802	Note 71	Maxtor 5400rpm		30.7 gigabytes	$214.00
2000-08-25	1.15	Note 75	Maxtor 5400rpm		15.0 gigabytes	$149.99
2000-08-25	1.01	Note 75	Maxtor 7200rpm		40.0 gigabytes	$349.99
2000-08-25	0.958	Note 75	Maxtor 7200rpm UDMA/66		30.0 gigabytes	$249.99	$9.58
2000-08-25	0.958	Note 75	Maxtor 7200rpm UDMA/66		30.0 gigabytes	$249.99	$9.58
2000-10-27	1.09	Note 76	Maxtor 7200rpm		30.7 gigabytes	$244.00
2000-10-27	1.12	Note 76	Maxtor 7200rpm		40.9 gigabytes	$318.00
2000-10-27	1.34	Note 76	Maxtor 5400rpm		61.4 gigabytes	$398.00
2000-10-27	1.37	Note 76	Maxtor 5400rpm		81.9 gigabytes	$518.00
2000-10-27	1.38	Note 76	Maxtor 5400rpm		30.7 gigabytes	$194.00
2000-10-27	1.40	Note 76	Maxtor 5400rpm		40.9 gigabytes	$254.00
2000-11-01	1.27	Note 77	Maxtor 7200rpm UDMA/66		30 gigabytes	note 77
2000-12-13	1.38	Note 78	Samsung		30 gigabytes	$189.00
2000-12-20	1.45	Note 79	Maxtor UltraATA66 5400rpm	3	80 gigabytes	$479.99
2001-01-14	1.37	Note 80	5400rpm		61 gigabytes	$388.00
2001-01-14	1.38	Note 80	5400rpm		82 gigabytes	$518.00
2001-01-14	1.46	Note 80	5400rpm		40 gigabytes	$238.00
2001-04-25	1.34	Note 81	Quantum 7200rpm		40 gigabytes	$260.00
2001-04-25	1.54	Note 81	Fujitsu 5400rpm UDMA-100		30 gigabytes	$169.00
2001-04-25	1.75	Note 81	Fujitsu 5400rpm UDMA-100		40 gigabytes	$199.00
2001-05-01	1.47	Note 82	5400rpm		30 gigabytes	$178.00
2001-05-01	1.52	Note 82	5400rpm		82 gigabytes	$468.00
2001-05-01	1.54	Note 82	5400rpm		61 gigabytes	$344.00
2001-05-01	1.71	Note 82	5400rpm		40 gigabytes	$204.00
2001-06-28	1.58	Note 83	Western Digital 7200rpm EIDE	3	40 gigabytes	$219.99
2001-07-06	1.58	Note 84	Maxtor UATA 7200rpm	3	60 gigabytes	$329.99
2001-07-20	1.74	Note 85	Western Digital 7200rpm UATA		80 gigabytes	note 85
2001-08-31	2.27	Note 86	Western Digital 7200rpm UATA		60 gigabytes	note 86
2001-11-30	3.34	Note 87	Western Digital 7200rpm EIDE UATA-100		100 gigabytes	note 87
2001-12-01	2.19	Note 88	Maxtor 5400rpm IDE		40 gigabytes	$158.88
2002-03-08	2.32	Note 89	Western Digital 5400rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-100		40 gigabytes	$149.99
2002-07-27	2.70	Note 90	Maxtor 7200rpm IDE		40 gigabytes	$128.88
2002-08-09	3.78	Note 91	Western Digital 7200rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-100		100 gigabytes	$229.99
2002-08-16	3.48	Note 92	Western Digital 7200rpm Ultra ATA-100		60 gigabytes	$149.99
2002-08-16	2.68	Note 92	Maxtor 7200rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-133/100	3	80 gigabytes	$259.99
2002-08-23	3.86	Note 93	Western Digital 5400rpmEIDE Ultra ATA-100	1	40 gigabytes	$89.99
2002-08-30	4.83	Note 94	Western Digital 7200rpmEIDE Ultra ATA-100	3	100 gigabytes	$179.99
2002-09-06	3.86	Note 95	Western Digital 7200rpm	3	120 gigabytes	$269.99
2002-09-06	3.48	Note 95	Western Digital 7200rpmEIDE	3	40 gigabytes	$99.99
2002-09-20	3.86	Note 96	Western Digital 5400rpmEIDE Ultra ATA-100	1	40 gigabytes	$89.99
2002-09-20	3.73	Note 96	Western Digital 7200rpm Ultra ATA-100	3	60 gigabytes	$139.99
2003-10-11	3.87	Note 97	Maxtor 7200rpm IDE		40 gigabytes	$89.88
2003-10-11	6.60	Note 97	Maxtor 7200rpm IDE		120 gigabytes	$158.00
2003-11-29	5.19	Note 98	Maxtor Serial ATA		80 gigabytes	$134.00
2003-11-29	5.61	Note 98	Western Digital SMB cache		80 gigabytes	$124.00
2003-11-29	6.21	Note 98	Maxtor Serial ATA		120 gigabytes	$168.00
2003-11-29	6.60	Note 98	Western Digital SMB cache		120 gigabytes	$158.00
2003-11-29	7.04	Note 98	Maxtor 7200rpm IDE		80 gigabytes	$98.88
2003-11-29	7.20	Note 98	Maxtor 7200rpm IDE		120 gigabytes	$144.88
2004-03-27	5.15	Note 99	Western Digital Caviar 7200rpm		160 gigabytes	$269.99
2004-03-27	5.15	Note 99	Cicero 7200rpm		160 gigabytes	$269.95
2004-03-27	5.88	Note 99	Western Digital 7200rpm		250 gigabytes	$369.99
2004-03-27	6.38	Note 100	Western Digital		80 gigabytes	$109.00
2004-03-27	7.10	Note 100	Maxtor 7200rpm IDE		80 gigabytes	$98.00
2004-03-27	7.25	Note 100	Western Digital		120 gigabytes	$144.00
2004-03-27	8.09	Note 100	Maxtor 7200rpm IDE		120 gigabytes	$129.00
2004-04-02	8.18	Note 101	Western Digital Caviar 7200rpm 4.2ms avg. seek time	1	160 gigabytes	$169.99
2004-04-16	8.70	Note 102	Western Digital Caviar SE 7200rpm	1	250 gigabytes	$249.99	$1.15
2004-04-16	8.70	Note 102	Western Digital Caviar SE 7200rpm	1	250 gigabytes	$249.99	$1.15

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