said by Hayward :

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said by BlitzenZeus :

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These are deceptive practices, period. Selling it under one measurement, but in reality its going to be used under another measurement.

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So I suppose you feel real ripped off too because you buy a 270 horsepower car, but that is ONLY at a fixed rpm and load... in the real world overall performance not barely near that... but thats OK?

Why not JUST BE EDUCATED in what it is you are actually buying... you REALLY need 120GB of TRUE space then buy a 160GB DRIVE... WHAT $10-20 MORE MAYBE BIG DEAL!!

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said by OZO :

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Accordingly to International Standards in the example above we have size 16.7MB which is equal to 15.9MiB.

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said by zoom314 :

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said by OZO :

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Accordingly to International Standards in the example above we have size 16.7MB which is equal to 15.9MiB.

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Well OZO in this Country, The correct abreviation for Megabytes is MB not MiB, That was what I learned 25 years ago, So unless You are a Troll, Please use the correct term or go away.

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said by BlitzenZeus :

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Take a good look at all of the operating systems.... You will see this is not an adopted standard.

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said by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte:

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Megabyte

A megabyte is a unit of measurement for computer storage, memory and information; while its exact definition varies, it is in theory equal to one million bytes. The symbol for megabyte is MB (note B for Byte, lowercase b would mean bit).

Three definitions for megabyte are being used:

1. 1 000 000 bytes or 106 bytes - this is the definition used by telecommunications engineers and storage manufacturers among others. It is consistent with the SI prefix "mega" and is endorsed by international standards bodies.
2. 1 048 576 bytes - 10242, or 220. This definition is often used in computer science and computer programming, when talking about the size of files or computer memory. The reason is that computers use the binary numeral system internally.
3. 1 024 000 bytes - 1024 times 1000. This is an (erroneous) definition used by floppy disk manufacturers. See mebibyte.

The definitions of the kilobyte (either 1000 = 103 or 1024 = 210 bytes) and of the gigabyte (either 109 or 230 bytes) have similar ambiguities.

To reduce the confusion and distinguish between meanings (1) and (2) above, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), adopted an international standard in December 1998 which reserves the term megabyte for 106 bytes and introduces the new term mebibyte (abbreviated as MiB) for 220 bytes. Similarly, the terms kibibyte (KiB, equal to 210 bytes) and gibibyte (GiB, equal to 230 bytes) were introduced. This naming convention, while strongly endorsed by IEEE and CIPM, has not yet been widely accepted, and is simply ignored by most people.

Note the distinction between a megabyte (one million bytes) and a megabit (one million bits). A megabit is abbreviated as Mbit (preferably) or as Mb (when the byte is abbreviated by an upper case "B", which stands for Bel in SI). There are eight bits in one byte, so a megabyte (Mb) is eight times as large as a megabit (Mbit). Megabits are often used in applications where a serial bitstream is the item of interest, particularly in communications and in specifying the internal data rate of a computer hard drive. In these contexts, one megabit is almost invariably defined as 106 bits. In practice, the abbreviation Mb is frequently encountered as a mistaken notation for Mbit. In most cases, an examination of the context will indicate which unit of measure was intended.

Similarly, a Gbit is a gigabit and a kbit is a kilobit: these units too are often written in error when using the "b".

The prefix "mega" comes from a Greek word meaning "large", and it was chosen because a million is a large number.

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said by BlitzenZeus :

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Why should the consumer be on the short end of the stick with deceptive practices? Why don't they just label the drives data capacity instead of trying to make it out to be bigger than it is for its intended use?

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said by OZO :

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The mess with measurements creates problems for people trying to use it.

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said by Hayward :

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said by BlitzenZeus :

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These are deceptive practices, period. Selling it under one measurement, but in reality its going to be used under another measurement.

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So I suppose you feel real ripped off too because you buy a 270 horsepower car, but that is ONLY at a fixed rpm and load... in the real world overall performance not barely near that... but thats OK the engine CAN do it when just right?

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said by VirtualLarry :

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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?

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said by 72276539 :

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said by Hayward :

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said by BlitzenZeus :

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These are deceptive practices, period. Selling it under one measurement, but in reality its going to be used under another measurement.

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So I suppose you feel real ripped off too because you buy a 270 horsepower car, but that is ONLY at a fixed rpm and load... in the real world overall performance not barely near that... but thats OK the engine CAN do it when just right?

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Better question, is that 270HP at the crank or at the wheels?

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