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1000 MB != 1 GB... - Flock of Moosen - 09-22-2003
Quote:Originally posted by Kid Afrika
OK, so formatting is not the issue, but you still have to admit that the lawsuit is bullshit.
Again, if one manufacturer was doing it, it would be something to take issue with. But, when it's the standard for measuring hard disk size, you kind of have to accept it.
Afterall, if they give you the formula for how they come up with the disk size, they're not exactly lying to you. They're really just rounding the number to make it more user-friendly.
Exactly my thoughts. Hence my "old lady vs McDonald's lawsuit being more worthwhile" comment.
1000 MB != 1 GB... - Rooner - 09-22-2003
Im suing Ford because my Mustang isnt actually 5.0 liters. This is a travesty.
1000 MB != 1 GB... - Sloats - 09-22-2003
So my 18.6GB Hard Drive I bought 2 years ago is actually a 20GB??
1000 MB != 1 GB... - The Brain - 09-22-2003
Quote:Originally posted by SloatsIf the box the drive came in said "20 GB", but Windows only seems to pick up 18.6 GB, then yes.
So my 18.6GB Hard Drive I bought 2 years ago is actually a 20GB??
But it could very well be possible that you have an 18.6 GB hard drive in which you actually have all 18.6 GB available to you-- in which case, you lucked out.
1000 MB != 1 GB... - Keyser Soze - 09-22-2003
i wasted 18.6 seconds of my life reading this thread. i hope i can spend the next 1.4 seconds more wisely.
1000 MB != 1 GB... - reefdwella - 09-26-2003
I think I read somewhere that Microsofts forthcoming 64bit operating system is supposed to have a new file allocation table that reclaims close to the actual amount of space on a hard drive because it handles bytes better than Windows 9x, 2000 and XP does. The thing I had read said it was not NTFS or FAT32 but a whole new FAT system.
1000 MB != 1 GB... - FollowThisLogic - 09-27-2003
Ahh, WinFS in Longhorn. It's supposed to be database-driven, kinda like a mini SQL Server.
I hadn't heard that it has the feature to reclaim space - I assume you're talking about a little thing they like to call "disk suballocation", which, funny enough, Novell has had for years.
What disk suballocation does - you know how Windows typically has a 4KB cluster size? And no matter how small the file is (even if it's only 1 byte) it takes up an entire 4KB cluster........ disk suballocation actually turns the rest of that 4KB into usable space.
1000 MB != 1 GB... - QuickStop - 10-10-2003
my 120 gb HD shows up as 114...and i dont care
1000 MB != 1 GB... - The Brain - 10-11-2003
Quote:Originally posted by QuickStopAnd then one day, far into the future, you will be attempting to rip a 6 GB porn DVD to your hard drive...
my 120 gb HD shows up as 114...and i dont care
and you won't have the disk space available.
Bet you'll care about those lost gigs then.
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1000 MB != 1 GB... - QuickStop - 10-11-2003
why would i buy porn? its free on the internet. ha...now i still get to not care