how many real gigabytes is a 1000GB HD?
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-22 14:50
eh?
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-22 16:40
Simple multiplication is beyond you?
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-22 17:28
>>2
what do I need to multiply?
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-23 1:33
read the label on the HDD
take the heads, cyl, and sectors then multiply across
then divide the result by 8,589,934,592
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-23 3:33
1000gb idiets
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-23 4:59
its over 9000 times
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-23 11:30
>>4
8,589,934,592 is 2
33. Whence that number?
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-23 14:34
There's a thousand of them, morons. If they didn't mean real gigabytes, why the hell would they list it in GB? IT'S A FUCKING INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-23 16:19
1000GB as labeled by a HDD manufacturer would be around 931.32GiB.
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-23 16:56
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-23 17:47
Don't forget the filesystem will have some overhead too.
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-24 0:34
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-24 0:37
>>7
The number of bits in a gigabyte
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-24 0:40
>>7
The number of cocks that have been inside RedCrams anus
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-24 3:03
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-24 4:25
>>12
GiB = Binary Gigabytes.
lrn2units
Name:
Anonymous
2008-08-24 9:59
GiB is a post-hoc invention to hide the fact that drive manufacturers are ripping people off and I'm having none of it.