[HN Gopher] My dad and I replaced a 100MB HDD with a 1GB HDD for...
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       My dad and I replaced a 100MB HDD with a 1GB HDD for $100. When did
       this happen?
        
       In a very early memory and the start of my obsession with
       computers, my father upgraded his 100MB hard drive with a 1GB drive
       for $100 USD. I remember everything about that moment such as the
       smell of a room packed electronics, how excited my dad was to get
       what seemed like an inconceivable amount of storage (694 floppies,
       I remember doing the math), and the exact purchase price and size,
       $100 and 1GB.  The only thing I don't remember is when this happed.
       I can't ask my father unfortunately but would love to place this
       event in time. I remember it was very notable that 1GB could be
       bought for as low as $100 and it happened at a small local PC sales
       and repair store located in the US South. 1995 maybe?
        
       Author : xnyan
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2024-05-22 21:34 UTC (3 days ago)
        
       | h2odragon wrote:
       | 95 or 96 sounds like a good guess.
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       | Recall anything about the drive? was it as big as the old one, or
       | was it 3.5in?
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       | its quite likely you got a disk controller with the drive as
       | well, the switch from ST506 to IDE/ATA had happened in the
       | interval.
        
         | brudgers wrote:
         | 100MB sounds like IDE to me. ST506 was "early" and 100MB would
         | have been relatively exotic for a PC user and definitely
         | expensive.
        
       | vichu wrote:
       | Looking at this chart[0], my guess would be around 1997.
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       | [0] https://mkomo.com/cost-per-gigabyte-update
        
       | pestatije wrote:
       | $100...not the cheapest drive available, so it must have been
       | soon after they were released...id say 1996
        
       | giantg2 wrote:
       | I'd say probably around '97 or '98, possibly a year or so later
       | if that cost included services like labor to do the swap.
        
       | williamDafoe wrote:
       | 1995 is too early. I am guessing 1998-2004. Was the 1GB drive the
       | state of the art? I was buying my sons 2GB drives in the early
       | 2010s for about $100 - you just didnt need that much storage
       | before games like flight sinulator and forza horizon blew up ...
        
         | zoky wrote:
         | [delayed]
        
       | 42lux wrote:
       | I would say 1997 and it was probably a maxtor drive :P
        
       | blindriver wrote:
       | 95 or 96. I replaced my 500MB drive with a 2Gb drive when I was
       | living in a specific apartment during 95/96, most likely 96.
        
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