How Big is 50 Gigs?

HOW BIG IS 50 GIGS? FIRST THINGS FIRST WHAT EXACTLY IS A GIGABYTE? IT'S A UNIT USED TO MEASURE DATA - AND IT ALL STARTS WITH THE BIT: 1024 MB 24 KE Binary Digit (1 or 0) 1024 bytes 8 bits BIT ΒΥΤΕ KB MB GB There are 8,589,934,592 bits in 1 GB, which is more than the population of the world - with 2 billion bits to spare. Apple's first hard drive (the ProFile) was 5MB and cost $3,499. At this price, an entire gigabyte of space could be yours for for only $716,595. WE'RE GIVING WAY MORE THAN THAT TO OUR USERS FOR FREE - 50 GB, TO BE EXACT. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR 50 GB? YOU COULD UPLOAD: HahA! HahA! zZz. =SUM(B2:B7) zZz. HahA! 100,000 PowerPoint slides. Entertain your coworkers for hours! 70,000 Excel files. We hope you like formulas. 25,000 pictures of your food. (or anything, really) "OH BRAVE NEW WORLD THAT HAS SO MUCH FREE STORAGE IN IT!" 300,000 Copies of Oregon Trail. That's a lot of oxen! The complete works of Shakespeare..10,000 times. WE DO HAVE A FEW SUGGESTIONS THOUGH Upload projects for work or class, so you can Send photos and videos to Box from your mobile device for safekeeping. Present PowerPoint slides right from Box (no software needed!) and access them from anywhere, on any device. wow your colleagues. WHAT WILL YOU DO TELL US ON TWITTER WITH THE HASHTAG #BOX50GB