"Anyone of a certain age remembers being absolutely blown away when the first 100GB hard drives hit the market in the early 2000s. So much space - how could we possibly fill it? Today you would need several of those 100GB hard drives - 1,400 of them, to be precise - to equal the immense capacity of this Western Digital Elements 14TB external hard drive that's selling on Amazon right now for just $170 in a killer Prime Day deal."
"All of that vast space on this WD Elements drive would be only minimally useful if the drive was slow - imagine how many days it would take to move 14 terabytes of data on or off of a pokey drive. But this one has a USB 3.0 interface (also works with USB 2.0) for speedy data transfers. It's plug-and-play for Windows computers, and getting it ready for a Mac requires only a quick and simple formatting."
The Western Digital Elements desktop drive provides 14TB of external storage at approximately $170 during a Prime Day sale. That capacity equals about 1,400 of early 2000s 100GB drives and would have cost roughly $385,000 at 2002 prices. The drive uses a USB 3.0 interface (backward compatible with USB 2.0) for faster transfers, is plug-and-play on Windows, and can be quickly reformatted for macOS. The desktop enclosure is compact for its capacity, measures 6.53 x 1.89 x 5.31 inches, and requires AC power. The drive suits users needing large, reliable backup storage for multiple computers.
Read at Kotaku
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