Having just read the thread started by nottynut, regarding his lost 8Gb of hard drive space, it led me to thinking...

If a "40Gb" hard drive is equal to 40 x 1000 x 1000 x 1000 = 40 000 000 000

and

40Gb is really equal to 40 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024 = 42949672960

... then surely hard drive manufacturers are breaking the law.

Here in the UK we have a legislation called "The Weights and Measures Act, 1985", which was introduced to protect consumers from being ripped-off when purchasing items, ensuring they were the right size, weight, or volume.

If I am right, then surely the like of Seagate, Maxtor, and IBM shouldn't be allowed to continue to falsely advertise their products...?

...anyway, just a thought.

K-Line