Good to know that i was just about to go and sue samsung , thank you.
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sallysimmons3452 days, 17 hours ago
TB vs TiB basically
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brunamacedo6332 days, 18 hours ago
Very super nerd explanation, hopefully that made sense. 🤓
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sallysimmons3452 days, 15 hours ago
In simpler words: Storage is advertised in gigabytes while counted in gibibytes.
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beth.cisneros2 days, 17 hours ago
it's also partly because of system partitions which takes like 1.7gb
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juliapope5952 days, 18 hours ago
Convince my dad to let me out the basement
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cynthia.horn2 days, 15 hours ago
Also Microsoft Windows is displaying the wrong units. The 1024 thing is actually Tibibyte (TiB) and not Terabyte (TB), but Microsoft Windows shows the TiB value with "TB" as the unit.
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sierrahayes2172 days, 18 hours ago
13 seconds ago is toe tickling
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daniel_garcia2 days, 17 hours ago
me thinking i got scammed vs me realizing it's just math lol
melanie.campbell2 days, 17 hours ago
And that weird way which is the power of 2 is the accurate way. The format they use are just for advertising and to essentially "scam" you
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nadiaaether42 days, 16 hours ago
The OS measures it in Tebibytes (TiB), not Terabytes (TB) like the manufacturer does. Windows should actually say, to stop the confusion.
diego_almeida2 days, 14 hours ago
It’s not stealing guys, relax. It’s just false advertising.
olivierdrift982 days, 18 hours ago
I thought people should have already knew this...😭
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carol_atkinson2 days, 17 hours ago
Thanks Math zeacher
kerry_nicholson2 days, 15 hours ago
The complete story is: The original naming system from the 1980's described 1kB as 1024 bytes, 1MB as 1024kB and so on. 1998 the IEC changed this convention to KibiByte for 1024 bytes and said 1 KiloByte is now 1000 Bytes. And from now on, the manufacturers build storages with the "new" naming system and saved money. Before 1998 a storage device had the correct amount of bytes, after that not any more.
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juliapope5952 days, 17 hours ago
Convince my parents to buy me a 5090 signed by Jensen Huang to run Excel 2020
melanie.campbell2 days, 14 hours ago
Good to know that i was just about to go and sue samsung , thank you. ......
revadawn742 days, 12 hours ago
Basically: The manufacturer's 2TB is 2×1000 Gigabytes, The computer divides the 2TB (2×1000GB) by 1024 Gigabytes instead of 1000 Gigabytes, So instead of seeing 2048 GB, you see 2000 GB, which is 1.95TB. I hope that helps.😊
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beth.cisneros2 days, 17 hours ago
It's because windows is dumb. It's 1.81TiB not TB, one TiB being 2^40 bytes, or 2^10 (which is 1024) GiB. Linux on the other hand will indeed show it as TiB, or GiB and not TB or GB, which is wrong on windows' part. I do NOT use Arch btw ☝️
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lilia_medrano2 days, 14 hours ago
For me it's actually insane that companies use 1000mb as 1gb and not 1024 since computers use 1024
Good to know that i was just about to go and sue samsung , thank you.
TB vs TiB basically
Very super nerd explanation, hopefully that made sense. 🤓
In simpler words: Storage is advertised in gigabytes while counted in gibibytes.
it's also partly because of system partitions which takes like 1.7gb
Convince my dad to let me out the basement
Also Microsoft Windows is displaying the wrong units. The 1024 thing is actually Tibibyte (TiB) and not Terabyte (TB), but Microsoft Windows shows the TiB value with "TB" as the unit.
13 seconds ago is toe tickling
me thinking i got scammed vs me realizing it's just math lol
And that weird way which is the power of 2 is the accurate way. The format they use are just for advertising and to essentially "scam" you
The OS measures it in Tebibytes (TiB), not Terabytes (TB) like the manufacturer does. Windows should actually say, to stop the confusion.
It’s not stealing guys, relax. It’s just false advertising.
I thought people should have already knew this...😭
Thanks Math zeacher
The complete story is: The original naming system from the 1980's described 1kB as 1024 bytes, 1MB as 1024kB and so on. 1998 the IEC changed this convention to KibiByte for 1024 bytes and said 1 KiloByte is now 1000 Bytes. And from now on, the manufacturers build storages with the "new" naming system and saved money. Before 1998 a storage device had the correct amount of bytes, after that not any more.
Convince my parents to buy me a 5090 signed by Jensen Huang to run Excel 2020
Good to know that i was just about to go and sue samsung , thank you. ......
Basically: The manufacturer's 2TB is 2×1000 Gigabytes, The computer divides the 2TB (2×1000GB) by 1024 Gigabytes instead of 1000 Gigabytes, So instead of seeing 2048 GB, you see 2000 GB, which is 1.95TB. I hope that helps.😊
It's because windows is dumb. It's 1.81TiB not TB, one TiB being 2^40 bytes, or 2^10 (which is 1024) GiB. Linux on the other hand will indeed show it as TiB, or GiB and not TB or GB, which is wrong on windows' part. I do NOT use Arch btw ☝️
For me it's actually insane that companies use 1000mb as 1gb and not 1024 since computers use 1024