The Reason Why Your Drive Shows Less Storage Than You Paid For
If you've bought a new drive or a gadget and wondered why you don't get as much storage as you expect, the difference could be down to decimal or binary.
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Understanding the difference between decimal and binary.
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Device storage is extremely valuable these days. The rabid appetite of AI datacenters is inflating drive pricing so badly that companies like Apple and Valve have jacked up the prices of some products by hundreds of dollars. Even if that wasn't happening, though, the size of apps, media and operating systems is continually growing, filling up the storage we do have. Some PC and console games can top 100GB, especially…
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