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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11: 1.5TB of love {Engadget}
Jul 11th 2008 1:02AM your first part is only true in Windows (and Mac? idk).
with the IEC system, it's the other way around:
1024 MB ≠ 1 GB
1000 MB = 1 GB
...and...
1024 MB = 1 GiB.
outside the IEC system, the following can be true:
1024 MB = 1 GB
1000 MB = 1 GB
and thats the raison d'être of the IEC system, of which 'GiB' is a part.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#IEC_standard_prefixes
read the links a couple of people posted:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Overhead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte#Consumer_confusion
your second part is a bit off too. if you divide 1.5 TB down to bytes by using "1000" between each level (TB/GB/MB/KB/B), then multiply back up to TiB using 1024 between each level, you get: 1.36 TiB / 1396.98 GiB / 1,430,511.5 MiB.
MacBook Air hack unearths more relatively inaccessible USB connectors {Engadget}
Mar 23rd 2008 3:19AM "the cake is a lie"?
;D
Cellphone as microscope on the cheap, bugs beware {Engadget Mobile}
Mar 23rd 2008 2:46AM Limited in usefulness, but a cool idea nevertheless, cuz I'm sure there are people that could benefit from this.
How would you change Everex's Cloudbook? {Engadget}
Mar 10th 2008 12:16PM (they're called eraserheads :)
Hands on Clevo's OEM-ready 15- and 17-inch gaming rigs {Engadget}
Mar 6th 2008 5:42AM they do offer a little better clarity than matte screens, and they give deeper blacks - less backlight bleeding. i forget why thats true though. something about the way it works..
A look around the $6 million Kipnis Studio Standard home theater {Engadget HD}
Feb 13th 2008 7:04PM @Joe:
If you look through his website, you'll find that those stands under the tube amps are vibration isolators. but as far as the vibrations that come through the air - yah i dunno how he compensates for that.
Razer Mako: hands-on and review {Engadget HD}
Feb 13th 2008 6:40PM yah, i mean why do the browser makers even put a Back button?? it's so pointless! :P
seriously dude... just get a mouse with a side button that goes back (like my G5!), if it's that big of a problem for you.
or, open gallery links in a new tab, which is what i do. ;)
Nokia's 1209 and 2600 classic, simple and super cheap {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 24th 2008 3:58AM hehe. know why they had to tag that word "classic" onto the 2600? ironically, because there's already a 2600. I used to own one. Nokia made it exclusively for Tracfone.
Anyway, I sure hope this new 2600 has a better screen than my old 2600... because not only was its response time like molasses, it was murder trying to see ANYTHING on that screen in any sort of sunlight. It was like a throwback to the EARLY days of LCDs. 4096 colors, anyone?
But I could say one thing good about that phone - its OS was at least as responsive as anyone might expect. The new Motorola W370 KRZR-look-alike that I have now is SO underpowered in the CPU department. I would think a bigger, better screen would necessitate a processor that can keep up as well.
Crapgadget CES edition, round 13: e-paper display actually paper {Engadget}
Jan 12th 2008 3:26AM did anyone notice it has a free U disk?? wow!!
New Palm handset teased by Bill Gates himself {Engadget}
Jan 7th 2008 12:22AM /me has a palm IIIxe. :D
