Agent641@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 4 hours agoDid you check inside the box?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down14
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minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 hours agoBootlickers will then argue it’s cool that the manufacturer screws you out of almost a hundred gigs.
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·56 minutes agoThe manufacturer is labeling the drive correctly as 1TB (1000GB, 10^(12)B). It’s Microsoft that incorrectly labels it as 931GB; it’s actually 931GiB (931 * 2^(30)B). A Mac will correctly show 1000GB and a Linux machine will correctly show 931GiB.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 hours agosince it’s 69GB it’s not cool, it’s nice
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 hours agoThey should just be requires to use consistent units of measurement.
Bootlickers will then argue it’s cool that the manufacturer screws you out of almost a hundred gigs.
The manufacturer is labeling the drive correctly as 1TB (1000GB, 10^(12)B). It’s Microsoft that incorrectly labels it as 931GB; it’s actually 931GiB (931 * 2^(30)B). A Mac will correctly show 1000GB and a Linux machine will correctly show 931GiB.
since it’s 69GB it’s not cool, it’s nice
They should just be requires to use consistent units of measurement.