Why do hard drive manufactures count 1mb as 1000kb and not the real size of 1024kb per MB?
2007-01-20 17:52:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I know it's easyer to put it as a round it off matter but think of it as your pay check you loose 24 cent's each dollar you make you could loose thousands a year
2007-01-20 18:08:52 · update #1
It allows them to put higher capacities on the box without spending more on developing larger platters. It's a marketing trick, but they all do it so it doesn't really matter.
2007-01-20 17:57:38 · answer #1 · answered by jabberwikaba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The manufactures wants only, easy. Easier to say and remember isn't it? Difficult to remember 1024KB is 1MB isn't it? That's why they cut off the 24KB but it doesn't mean they really change the digit. Just because not a big difference, to make it easier, so they say 1MB is approximately 1000KB.
2007-01-20 18:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people probably wouldn't understand it, or it's just more simple to remember 1 Gig = 1000 Meg, 1 Meg = 1000 Kb.
Crazy.
2007-01-20 18:00:23 · answer #3 · answered by p_rutherford2003 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter what they put on the outside Windows only reads and uses 92-94% of any hdd size. If you install a 300GB hdd as your boot drive with windows on it it will only show up as 279GB. No for slave or backup drives windows show all the allotted space....Thanks
2007-01-20 20:21:29 · answer #4 · answered by computer_surplus2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is easier to round off- and you are not short changed- and the same reason that 1 liter is also 1000 mgs.-
2007-01-20 17:57:08 · answer #5 · answered by Debby B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It makes it easier for the consumer to understand.
2007-01-20 17:56:25 · answer #6 · answered by nonono 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it is easy to calculate this way :)
2007-01-20 17:57:04 · answer #7 · answered by zombie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋