On 2007-12-06 09:56:18 +1100, Nigel <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> in article 47568b28$0$7433$88260bb3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael at
> mitchinsatmac.com wrote on 5/12/07 9:48 PM:
>
>> I recently took delivery of a new 20" iMac, 2.4GHz and took the option
>> of upgrading the HD to 500GB.
>> Looking at system profiler though, I see that the capacity of my HD is
>> shown as 465.76GB, with a lesser amount available due to the usual
>> suspects.
>> I would have thought that the capacity shown should be 500GB?
>> Any thoughts or answers?
>> I have emailed my supplier with this question but no answer yet, so I
>> thought I'd "ask the audience'
>> Thanks
>> Mike
>>
> Indeed, as Andrew said, it never is what you end up with but always
less.
> In California (where else) there was a class action lawsuit of the issue
and
> Seagate have agreed to refund 5% of the cost but I bet that wont apply
here.
>
> See
>
>
http://apcmag.com/7449/seagate_offers_cash_to_customers_for_missing_megabyte
> s
>
> Nigel
> BrisVegas
Yeah, I thought that was the case, it just seemed like a lot of wasted
space.
That's life I guess.
Thanks for the response guys.
Incidently Nigel, I tried to access the link above but the message was
"cannot find the page" even though the magazine site comes up??
Mike
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