-=PCTechTalk=- Re: MB's?
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:39:39 -0500
They use it so that they can reach higher claims before they're actually
able to reach them. You pay for 500GB, but I'm only going to give you
465GB. Be happy it's not less! :)
And of course I left all that out because I'm not interested in convoluting
the initial lesson. You don't learn the stuff you're talking about until
you reach "Hard Drive Space 201". lol
Peace,
Gman
http://www.bornagainamerican.org
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Disastar" <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:01 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: MB's?
> OMG I'm surprised about you Gman! You forgot the "K = Kilo or Thousand
> of...". And although "b" (bits) is rarely used for storage capacity (like
> hard drives, memory, etc), it is used very often for measuring speed or
> throughput (like internet speed). Hmm, ok, I'll give you that one since
> the
> original request was talking about storage space.
>
> You're probably gonna kill me for bringing up the fact that this whole
> system gets convoluted by the fact that a "K" (or Thousand) is usually
> (but
> not always) actually 1,024 instead of 1,000. Ok, you probably left this
> out
> because it turns easy to understand terms (like Million, Billion,
> Trillion)
> into a confusing issue (one thousand and what?), but I'm bringing it up
> now
> to answer the question of "Why does my 500 GB hard drive show that it only
> has 465 GB when it is empty?". Well, its because hard drive manufacturers
> measure a KB = 1,000 while Windows and pretty much everything else that is
> computer related uses KB = 1,024. I don't know of anyone that knows for
> sure why the hard drive industry uses 1,000.
>
> Ed
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