Comment Re:Legacy be damned. (Score 1) 467
You left something out. I didn't say 640GB = 596.13GB, what I said was
BOX.....Windows
640GB = 596.13GB
as in the Box says 640GB and Windows says 596.13GB
I didn't put an i in the GB after 596.13 because Windows doesn't put an i in GB. As important as the i in GiB is Windows doesn't put it there so the comparison for an average user is
640GB = 596.13GB not
640GB = 596.13GiB
Windows just doesn't use the labeling you want it to use.
Oh and as to 596.05, not 596.13 you are again stuck on math not a real world example. I told you I was using the example of the WD6400AAKS. So I didn't do math. I simply looked at what Windows told me the size was. When will you understand it isn't about the math it's about the difference between what the consumer is told it will be before he buys it vs what Windows tells him it is after he starts using it?
You can argue about GiB and 596.05 all you want but that won't change what it says in Windows when I go to look at disk management. In the default view the drive shows as 596.13 GB Online. If I get properties and go the Volumes tab the capacity is listed as 610438 MB. Again don't bother telling me how many MiB it should be from 640GB to MiB. Windows doesn't label it that way and we are dealing with an actual drive not just arbitrary math.