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iPod touch ipod touch capacity

cheekybobcat

cheekybobcat

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I know that this is normal but I was just wondering:
Why does Apple advertise a 16GB iPod Touch when the capacity is 14.84GB (over 1GB under the advertised capacity)?
Just a question...
Thanks in advance for any answers :)
 
mrgreen4242

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cheekybobcat said:
I know that this is normal but I was just wondering:
Why does Apple advertise a 16GB iPod Touch when the capacity is 14.84GB (over 1GB under the advertised capacity)?
Just a question...
Thanks in advance for any answers :)
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Drive capacity is advertised in 1000's of bits, but computer read and display them in 1024 bit measures... so 16GB = 16 billion bits, which is 15.6Gb or so.

Then you have another few hundred megs being used for the OS and programs. There's probably some cache space for Safari in there somewhere, too.

Hope that answers your question.
 
cheekybobcat

cheekybobcat

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mrgreen4242 said:
Drive capacity is advertised in 1000's of bits, but computer read and display them in 1024 bit measures... so 16GB = 16 billion bits, which is 15.6Gb or so.

Then you have another few hundred megs being used for the OS and programs. There's probably some cache space for Safari in there somewhere, too.

Hope that answers your question.
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That seems to be exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks man. :)
 
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