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Re: 180gb Drive Format ?
- To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: 180gb Drive Format ?
- From: "Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:05:22 -0000
- Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact
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- Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ian Willoughby" <ian@i...> wrote:
> Correct. It is the same as Miles and Nautical Miles. The disk
industry choose 1000 as their yardstick because geometry of a hardisk
has no real relation to any particular numberbase (Except maybe
numbers of heads) and 1000 is a much easier number to base
calculations on for us mere mortals :-)
>
Yeah, I'm sure that the hard disk manufacturers use 1000 as their
multiplier number because it is easier for us and them to count that
way. Or could it be that their marketting department think that 180Gb
looks better on the box than 171Gb ;-)
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