Seagate pays out over gigabyte definition

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Thanks to Bear for pointing out the article. Quite funny and at the same atrocious... as nearly all, if not all use the same definition...

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39290393,00.htm

Between honesty and simplicity... what do you go for?

abao SG

its well known that these harddisk companies uses 1Kb = 1000bytes. seagate dont even have to pay at all, imo, since its clearly stated.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

As we all know… consumers don’t read the fine print…

the Bear SG

yeah.. i still have not read a manual in my life Laughing

maurizio13 SG

Hmmmm.....

Means I can claim some $$$ for my drive.

Laughing

1 MB should be 2^10 bytes.

Lame arse Seagate defines it as 1,000 bytes.

LatecomerX SG

Like that it's more like you compensate Seagate (2^20 - 2^10 - 1) x 100% of the original price of your HDD Laughing

LatecomerX SG

So, are we going to have people suing ISPs because the maximum download speed through their services is "8 times slower" than as specified? (eg. 100 mbps -> 12.5 mBps)

ndmmxiaomayi SG

LAN connection speed and real internet connection speed not the same…

SBS1984E SG

How to claim? I got one Seagate HDD here... Laughing

AndrewPKYap SG

I think this issue that the hard disk capacity is not what is stated would have been obvious to anyone with a little IT knowledge.

For example, after you do detection at the bios, the capacity of the HDD as stated by the bios would have been different from that, again, as reported by the OS after formatting.

Kenashi SG

but in the first place most if not all hard disk does not match the amount stated
for eg. my external hard disk said 120G but in actual fact i only got 113G, can i sue oso Laughing

MyPillowTalks SG

damn! i shld i bought it at that time! Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Ya, can sue. That's what this case is about... but the thing is, some manufacturers do state how they calculate... so if you never read, they will shoot you back.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Because the lawsuit is a "class action", the settlement is available to all Seagate customers.

You are a member of the settlement class if, between March 22, 2001 and September 26, 2007, you purchased in the United States a new Seagate brand hard disc drive from an authorized Seagate retailer or distributor, separately as a Seagate product that was not pre-installed into and bundled with a personal computer or other electronic device.

You wait long long to claim, unless someone wants to start a similar suit here. Cool

http://www.harddrive-settlement.com/notice-email.htm

Rockhound SG

1024bytes actually

abao SG

do you actually read what i wrote?

Rockhound SG

1000 bytes isnt actually accurate

but just for easier understanding by the layman ah pek and ah mah Mr. Green

abao SG

This is what I wrote

The harddisk companies states in their fine print that they define 1kb as 1000bytes. Understand? Even though we all know 1kb is more accurately 1024bytes. Rolling Eyes

ndmmxiaomayi SG

http://www.instantfundas.com/2007/08/1-gigabyte-is-not-equal-to-1024_22.html

Interesting.

LatecomerX SG

I've seen the binary prefixes in some torrent sites like TPB before, but generally they are not in common usage, and hence they may cause more confusion among consumers instead.

Anyway, here's one quick way of conversion between GB1000 and GB1024 - that is, to multiply the value by 0.93 or 1.07 accordingly.