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Cons: Who else here is tired of buying hard drives that say they are 500 gig and are really 460? or 300 gig and are really 280? Raise your hands if your tired of it

Other Thoughts: I bought size 36 pants but they don't fit cause they are actually size 34.


from a new egg review of a 500gb HD.
 

pontifex

Lifer
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Originally posted by: engineereeyore
Wonder if he rated network speeds the same way?

lol, yeah.

WTF? I paid for 3mb DSL but I'm only getting 2.6mb! i bought a large soda the other day but it didn't quench my thirst because it was actually a medium.
 

rivan

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Originally posted by: lobbyone
lol, i bought 1TB and theres only 900GB in there!

Much like cereal, the product may settle in shipping. Drives are sold by weight, not volume.