Missing gigs?

[Pivzavod]

I have a new 120GB hard drive on my MBP, but it shows only 111GB capacity in details. What is the possible reason? Its about 8% of the total volume, don't want to loose it.

 

[heatmiser]

Hard drive manufacturers measure capacities differently from operating systems. It's always this way.

 

[MacBooksRock]

Hard drive manufacturers measure capacities differently from operating systems. It's always this way.

duh...

 

[shoulin333]

1Mb = 1,024Kb

they measure it as 1,000

and as volume sizes get bigger, the accuracy of their claims are further from the truth.
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... look at the outside of any retail HDD box, they have a disclaimer on there