Which is more 1000 GB or 1 TB?

The description says 4 TERABYTES but the picture says 4,000 GIGABYTES. Is it really short the 96 GB? If so this product is misleading.

asked on December 30, 2013

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ALL data storage from every company for decades now uses decimal decimal notation in which one megabyte (MB) = 1,000 kilobytes instead of 1024 kB, one gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1,000 megabytes instead of 1,024 mB, and one terabyte (TB) is equal to 1,000 gigabytes instead of 1,024 GB.
That's why ALL 1 TB hard drives h… see more ALL data storage from every company for decades now uses decimal decimal notation in which one megabyte (MB) = 1,000 kilobytes instead of 1024 kB, one gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1,000 megabytes instead of 1,024 mB, and one terabyte (TB) is equal to 1,000 gigabytes instead of 1,024 GB.
That's why ALL 1 TB hard drives hold an actual ~930 gigabytes (GB) data. It doesn't matter what brand HDD you buy. They ALL do the same and has always been that way.
Same goes for all data storage devices / discs. That's why a single layer DVD that says 4.7 GB on the disc/packaging actually holds 4.37GB of data and a double layer DVD that says 8.5GB on it really holds 7.95GB. see less ALL data storage from every company for decades now uses decimal decimal notation in which one megabyte (MB) = 1,000 kilobytes instead of 1024 kB, one gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1,000 megabytes instead of 1,024 mB, and one terabyte (TB) is equal to 1,000 gigabytes instead of 1,024 GB.
That's why ALL 1 TB hard drives hold an actual ~930 gigabytes (GB) data. It doesn't matter what brand HDD you buy. They ALL do the same and has always been that way.
Same goes for all data storage devices / discs. That's why a single layer DVD that says 4.7 GB on the disc/packaging actually holds 4.37GB of data and a double layer DVD that says 8.5GB on it really holds 7.95GB.

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Chann is 100% correct: 4 Terabytes (TB) = 4,000 Gigabytes (GB).
Your confusion is because 1TB used to equal BOTH 1000 GB AND 1024 GB. But in this decade, the standards body defined 1 TERAbytes (TB) as 1000 Gigabytes. And 1 TEBIbytes (TiB) = 1024 Gigabytes (GB).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebibyte… see more Chann is 100% correct: 4 Terabytes (TB) = 4,000 Gigabytes (GB).
Your confusion is because 1TB used to equal BOTH 1000 GB AND 1024 GB. But in this decade, the standards body defined 1 TERAbytes (TB) as 1000 Gigabytes. And 1 TEBIbytes (TiB) = 1024 Gigabytes (GB).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebibyte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabyte
From wikipedia:
The terabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix tera represents the fourth power of 1000, and means 10^12 in the International System of Units (SI), and therefore one terabyte is one trillion (short scale) bytes. The unit symbol for the terabyte is TB.
1 TB = 1000000000000bytes = 10^12bytes = 1000gigabytes.
A related unit, the tebibyte (TiB), using a binary prefix, is equal to 1024^4 bytes. One terabyte is about 0.9095 TiB.
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Macintosh OS correctly uses 1 TERAbyte (TB) = 1000 Gigabytes. Windows INCORRECTLY uses 1 TERAbyte to equal 1024 Gigabytes. Windows is calculating TEBIbytes (TiB) not TERAbytes (TB). Even though Window windows CLAIMS TB, it's actually using TiB. see less Chann is 100% correct: 4 Terabytes (TB) = 4,000 Gigabytes (GB).
Your confusion is because 1TB used to equal BOTH 1000 GB AND 1024 GB. But in this decade, the standards body defined 1 TERAbytes (TB) as 1000 Gigabytes. And 1 TEBIbytes (TiB) = 1024 Gigabytes (GB).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebibyte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabyte
From wikipedia:
The terabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix tera represents the fourth power of 1000, and means 10^12 in the International System of Units (SI), and therefore one terabyte is one trillion (short scale) bytes. The unit symbol for the terabyte is TB.
1 TB = 1000000000000bytes = 10^12bytes = 1000gigabytes.
A related unit, the tebibyte (TiB), using a binary prefix, is equal to 1024^4 bytes. One terabyte is about 0.9095 TiB.
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Macintosh OS correctly uses 1 TERAbyte (TB) = 1000 Gigabytes. Windows INCORRECTLY uses 1 TERAbyte to equal 1024 Gigabytes. Windows is calculating TEBIbytes (TiB) not TERAbytes (TB). Even though Window windows CLAIMS TB, it's actually using TiB.

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James, you are using binary terabytes(like Windows does), storage is always quoted (by the manufacturers) in decimal. This has been the case for at *least* 30 years. Only now, with the very large size of the drives, does it make a (seemingly) bigger difference. Any drive who's capacity is listed in Terabytes will be reported as 10% lower in Windows. (1.024(Kilo) * 1.024(mega) * 1.024(giga) * 1.024 (tera))= 1.0995. So, 4TB /1.0995 = 3.63 TB as reported by the OS. Many think that this has something to do with formatting - it doesn't, just different number systems being used. Hope that helps.

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You are mixing up your GiB and TiB with your GB and TB, look it up. There are 4096 GiB in 4TiB but there are 4000GB in 4TB. So the problem is that you don't understand the difference between the binary and decimal based systems. This is correct as stated.

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Those extra 96 GB are just the Devils cut of your storage, and it has been that way since the beginning of PC sales. As mentioned by others, a few GB here and there (or way back when I started, it was MB. My first upgrade hard drive was a 40MB, which was not quite 40MB in reality). Plus, you now have to account for the… see more Those extra 96 GB are just the Devils cut of your storage, and it has been that way since the beginning of PC sales. As mentioned by others, a few GB here and there (or way back when I started, it was MB. My first upgrade hard drive was a 40MB, which was not quite 40MB in reality). Plus, you now have to account for the NSA's cut to install their spyware, and the Chinese version of the NSA, which installs spyware in your memory chips in order to spy on you AND the NSA. So, none of your storage, volatile or non-volatile is really what it says on the label, and never has been.
Seriously, if you are just now noticing this, then you simply have not been paying attention since the very first hard drive sales for personal use (or commercial use, for that matter), and I'm sorry, but your indignation about this product being "Misleading !!!!OMG!!" is pretty humorous to most of us, and somewhat embarrassing for you.
BTW, not to shock you, but it was actually established centuries ago that bears indeed do defecate in wooded areas. Apparently, they urinate there as well. Filthy animals..... Furthermore, not only is the Pope Catholic, but it seems that it has actually always been part of the job description. Go figure. Also, scientists are still not able to prove if you are in fact "damned if you do, and damned if you don't". That remains to be determined. Finally, in the movie "The Sixth Sense", it turns out that Bruce Willis' character was a ghost the entire time. Sorry - SPOILER ALERT. see less Those extra 96 GB are just the Devils cut of your storage, and it has been that way since the beginning of PC sales. As mentioned by others, a few GB here and there (or way back when I started, it was MB. My first upgrade hard drive was a 40MB, which was not quite 40MB in reality). Plus, you now have to account for the NSA's cut to install their spyware, and the Chinese version of the NSA, which installs spyware in your memory chips in order to spy on you AND the NSA. So, none of your storage, volatile or non-volatile is really what it says on the label, and never has been.
Seriously, if you are just now noticing this, then you simply have not been paying attention since the very first hard drive sales for personal use (or commercial use, for that matter), and I'm sorry, but your indignation about this product being "Misleading !!!!OMG!!" is pretty humorous to most of us, and somewhat embarrassing for you.
BTW, not to shock you, but it was actually established centuries ago that bears indeed do defecate in wooded areas. Apparently, they urinate there as well. Filthy animals..... Furthermore, not only is the Pope Catholic, but it seems that it has actually always been part of the job description. Go figure. Also, scientists are still not able to prove if you are in fact "damned if you do, and damned if you don't". That remains to be determined. Finally, in the movie "The Sixth Sense", it turns out that Bruce Willis' character was a ghost the entire time. Sorry - SPOILER ALERT.

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They're the same thing. 4000 gb =4 tb. Lol

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You seem very self assured that the numbers are "misleading". If you feel that way, and you're a person of integrity, then send the drive back. Do you really want to support a company that is misleading you? As for myself, I kept the "misleading" product since I felt the company (and all the other hard disk companies) have been very clear as far as their labeling.

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Whatever dude. It's 2014... the 21st century! Get OVER IT!!! If you don't know how HDD mfgr's advertise drive capacities by NOW, then you've got issues. But i suspect you DO know. That means you're just trolling.

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this is a 4TB drive

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· December 30, 2013

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The extra 10% space you can't use is deliberate to keep the drive from overheating.

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