Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Hard drives go by the equation that 1MB=1024 bytes
DVDs go by the equation that 1MB=1000=bytes.
This is why hard drives have less space than is advertised on the box they come in.
Hard drives go by the equation that 1MB=1024 bytes
DVDs go by the equation that 1MB=1000=bytes.
This is why hard drives have less space than is advertised on the box they come in.
I'm not sure what you mean by that. Hard drives also go by the 1000 instead of 1024 thing, which is why "hard drives have less space than is advertised on the box they come in". Your conclusion (though it is correct) doesn't follow from your statement. If "hard drives go by the equation that 1MB=1024 bytes", then hard drives would have the same space as is advertised on the box they come in. But, they don't do that, they consider 1000 bytes to = 1 KB, just like the DVD folks do.