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Re: Windows OS is using wrong measurements said by VirtualLarry:
I do have to agree with the OP though regarding measurements. It's MS that got it wrong initially, and has just kept doing so all along, to the chagrin of many HD purchasers, etc., that buy a "160GB" HD (correctly measured), and find out that Windows only reports 149GB (incorrectly measured). So they feel cheated. Why? Because the HD mfg's were misleading, or because MS mislables storage sizes?
Dude, this is completely wrong. MS does it right by calculating 1024bytes 1KB. That is how is should be. The HD manufactures calculate 1000bytes=1KB. That 24 bytes makes a big difference.
I see nothing wrong with the current system. It pisses me off HD manufactures can get away with false advertising, but to their defense, they put in small print: 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes.
I think the MiB system is stupid, and things are fine the way they are. Considering the US is still using imperial measurements, I am be safely reassured that I will not have to deal with a storage new measurement system.
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