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Story: PC giants 'mislead on hard drive sizes' - lawsuit
Posted by: Peter Almond (Tuesday 23 September 2003, 10:54 AM)
Incredible! How about a lawsuit over chip speed - in Ghz, FLOPS or other units! 'cos I that's the problem here.
As numbers go, 20 thousand million is only 18.626GB in computer terms since you have to divide by 1024 each time not 1000.
What everyone really needs to know is the space the computer will say the drive has when it is first used as an extra empty drive.
ie. A fully formatted FAT 32 etc. 250GB drive has XXXGB of useable space on a good day with the wind behind it and 0 defects or bad sectors!
Full Talkback thread
Story: PC giants 'mislead on hard drive sizes' - lawsuit
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It's not just those companies listed that do that.... Anonymous -
Much as ignorance of the law is no escuse for brea... adebayo omo-dare
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I thought that this had been sorted out years ago.... Anonymous
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Seems like confusion to me... The discrepency is... Anonymous
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Those people need to get a clue.
Do they not want... Star E. Night
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A bunch of ignorants trying to earn mony for their... Anonymous
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HDD are not exclusively used in PC so why do they... Anonymous
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Greed hurts everybody
What a waste of time and mon... Anonymous
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Once again, America coddles and rewards our weak a... Not Gonnatellya
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You will not Win this sueing cause there is no way... Anonymous
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I think this is all pathetic....... Its like sayin... Anonymous
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Hard drive sizes as stated as UNFORMATTED capacity... Carl White
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Star E Night is wrong. The missing space isn't due... Done Wright
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Incredible! How about a lawsuit over chip speed -... Peter Almond -
All of you that think this suit is useless or unim... Miss Representation
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The guy from Dever does not know what he is talkin... Anonymous
