Hard Drive manufacturer getting sued for putting wrong product in boxes?

[her209]

This mebi gibi is nonsense. The memory manufactures haven't adopted this convention yet and for good reason. It just confuses the situation even more.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
ACTUALLY use "mebibyte" and "gibibyte" in normal conversation about computers? Anyone?

are we not using it now? oh wait this is not normal. oh wait, it is for an ATOT conversation...

Wow you're a moron.

a. This is not a conversation, it's a message board. For your edification, here is the definition of a conversation from dictionary.com:
con·ver·sa·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (knvr-sshn)
n.

The spoken exchange of thoughts, opinions, and feelings; talk.
An instance of this: held a long conversation on the subject.
An informal discussion of a matter by representatives of governments, institutions, or organizations.

b. I'm asking if anyone actually uses these terms (mebibyte, gibibyte, etc) in a context OTHER THAN a discussion of the terms themselves. Understand? Of course not. Oh well.

 

[prvteye2003]

Originally posted by: cmf21
This morning my mother calls me about a story on the evening news about a Hard Drive manufacturer out of California getting sued becuase they are putting different products (smaller / larger) hard drives in thier boxes and selling them as the size advertised on the package.

Most of us probably already know that Western Digital and Maxtor put larger and faster drives in their packages when they run out of a certain size, but aren't they just putting themselves in danger of getting sued for doing so and not advertising it on their packages??

If I didn't know anything about hard drives and purchased a drive that turned out to be larger then what I wanted, I might be a little upset because that's not what I wanted or what was advertised on the package. I wouldn't be surprised if one of them is getting sued. If I purchased a 160gb and got a 200gb instead with no indication that it was inside, I would be a little upset if that's not what I wanted. What does everyone think??

you're kidding right? If you got more hard drive than what you ordered you would be mad? Sh!t, I would jump for joy.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

God dammit, it's not "wrong product in box". The right product is there, it's just finally scaled to the point where the Average Dumbass has started to notice that 1000 != 1024.

- M4H

 

[Soybomb]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Well if you were buying one to match one you already had, or bought two to set up a raid array and then it turned out not to be what the box said, I could understand being pissed.

As long as its as big or bigger than the other drive from your raid array I don't see what the problem would be. Its like ordering a 12 ounce soda and getting a 13 ounce. If you don't want all of it don't use it.