Got myself an ipod :D


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Congrats on yoor iPod. On the back of the box it should say: 1 GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less

So in other words...1 meg is really like 1024 kb..not 1000kb..so you lose space a bit..

Edit: damn 2 people beat me to it. :blush: :ninja:

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There is also space lost to the filesystem. It uses some of the data on the hard drive to inform the operating system where the files actually are.

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Surprised me when I first plugged mine in, total around 36.something GB. But yeah, that's just the way HDD's are spec'd. Although when they get large enough it's going to get ridiculous the amount of space we "lose" :\

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I can't remember the specifics, but I know there is a court battle *somewhere* regarding the advertising of any hard drive size - and quite right too.

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just because all dirves are like that doesnt meen they arent taking our money, the claim all over the box what you can hold with X GB but when you format you dont get the amount of spacethat the outside of the box claims you will be able to have. they should compensate for this formatting or advertise the formatted space (using a general fat32 or ntfs and a chart on the back for others)

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