By 1981, Apple introduced its first hard drive, the "ProFile," which offered 5MB of storage for $3,499. Unlike the bulky IBM 350, the ProFile was compact enough to sit on top of Apple II ...

The first commercial hard disk drive was introduced in 1956 ... This groundbreaking drive offered 5MB of storage at $10,000 per MB. At the time, customers would pay over $3,200 per month to ...