The world’s first hard drive was bigger than a fridge and stored 5MB of data http://t.co/oWeCbWCIFW pic.twitter.com/Jnu2gifqFq

— WIRED (@WIRED) January 4, 2014

Complete 5MB IBM computer system leased at $3,200/month or sold at $160,000 http://t.co/sWwjERhoM3 1956

— Calestous Juma (@calestous) January 4, 2014

I’d go for the lease. It’d be obsolete 6 months in. I wonder whether it included the lovely operator, as shown?