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Actual HD space of baseline 13" MBP?
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Like 149GB?
If you want to calculate it yourself, its simple. 160GB is really 160 billion bytes (160 000 000 000) because a gigabyte is 1 billion bytes. But for the sake of large numbers, I'll use 1.6x10^11. That number divided by 1024^3 should give you your answer in gibibytes (which are commonly and incorrectly called gigabytes by 99.9% of the public).
If you want to calculate it yourself, its simple. 160GB is really 160 billion bytes (160 000 000 000) because a gigabyte is 1 billion bytes. But for the sake of large numbers, I'll use 1.6x10^11. That number divided by 1024^3 should give you your answer in gibibytes (which are commonly and incorrectly called gigabytes by 99.9% of the public).
The actual capacity of a hard drive in GB is 93.13% of the advertised one.
HDD manufacturers advertise 1 GB = 1.000.000.000 bytes. In use though 1GB = 1073741824 bytes.
So expect 7% less storage than advertised.
HDD manufacturers advertise 1 GB = 1.000.000.000 bytes. In use though 1GB = 1073741824 bytes.
So expect 7% less storage than advertised.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive#Capacity_measurements
RAW Capacity versus Formatted Capacity.
You actually lose 9% with drives > 1TB since it's 1000GB vs 1024GB...