Portman wrote: > One would think that it would be made clear when someone has purchased a > computer that an 80 GB hard drive only has a capacity of 71 GB . . .
That would be a 71 GiB result from a true 80 GB device, after subtracting the space devoted to the recovery partition that wouldn't be necessary if the PC supplier provided you with the media to which every PC buyer who buys with software pre-installed should be automatically entitled to. > Does anyone have any opinions? Are these valid arguments? PC marketers have little interest in making their systems appear to have smaller hard drives than competing systems. The confusion will go away when computer people stop confusing buyers by using stolen terms originally created for use with decimal arithmetic long before computers and their binary arithmetic came along to corrupt their meaning. The means to to that has been around for considerable time: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html -- Jesus Christ is the reason for the season. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
