Michael wrote:
> 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??
>
The line-wrap bollocksed up the link and cut off the last 's'.
Try
<http://apcmag.com/7449/seagate_offers_cash_to_customers_for_missing_megabytes>
Cheers,
Andy.
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