Hi Tom, Here's the explanation for a 160GB, same logic applies to all sizes:
"A true Gigabyte is actual 1024x1024x1024 bytes. But the whole computer industry rounds this to 1000x1000x1000 for ease of understanding. So when the manufacturers make a 160GB drive it is actually 160,000,000,000 bytes whereas the computer will see it correctly as 160,000,000,000 divided by (1024x1024x1024) = 149.01GB." Kind regards, Greg Satti Zytech - www.zytech.com.au PO Box 758, Bunbury WA 6230 Ph (08) 9721 1125 Fx (08) 9721 1126 Mo 0423 558 636 On 8/5/06 6:16 PM, "greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded Message ----------- > From: thefrogs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, 8 May 2006 18:10:33 +0800 > Subject: GIGs on HDD > > Could someone please explain to me, again, the mathematics of bites. > I have an 80 gig HDD that falls to 74.53 on my G5 -in Drive A a loss > of 5.5 ^ gig > I have a 120 gig HDD that falls to 111.79 on my G5 -in Drive B a loss > of 8.1 gig > In times gone by I remember a gig was a gig > Any views > tom samson > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- > > > >
