| Statistic Verification |
| Source: The Wayback Machine |
| Research Date: 6.18.2013 |
| Over the past 30 years the cost per gigabyte has gone down by half every 14 months. The following list shows the change in cost since 1980 along with the actual price of specific brand hard drives over the years. |
| Year | Average Cost Per Gigabyte |
| 2013 | $0.05 |
| 2010 | $0.09 |
| 2005 | $1.24 |
| 2000 | $11.00 |
| 1995 | $1,120 |
| 1990 | $11,200 |
| 1985 | $105,000 |
| 1980 | $437,500 |
| Historic Hard Drive Prices | ||||
| Year | Drive Brand | Size (MB) | Price | Price / GB |
| 1980 | Morrow Designs | 26 | $5,000 | $193,000 |
| 1981 | Apple | 5 | $3,500 | $700,000 |
| 1984 | Percom/Tandon | 20 | $2,399 | $120,000 |
| 1989 | Western Digital | 20 | $899 | $53,000 |
| 1996 | Quantum | 2,500 | $440 | $207 |
| 2000 | Maxtor | 40,900 | $254 | $7.14 |
| 2005 | Seagate Barracuda | 200,000 | $140 | $0.70 |
| 2009 | Hitachi | 1,000,000 | $74 | $0.07 |
| 2013 | Seagate Barracuda | 3,000,000 | $129 | $0.043 |
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