Why is a 3.5" drive 4" wide?

[toshiba3020]

Just always wondered...

 

[Confused]

It's a 3.5" DISK drive, the disk itself is 3.5", so the drive itself MUST be bigger than 3.5"!

Hope this has cleared up your little dilemma

ConfusedBW

 

[toshiba3020]

Oh ya..that makes sence. Dont know why I didnt think of that.

 

[RPB]

and a 5 1/4" is 5 7/8"

 

[bendixG15]

I just learned some mind boggling stuff.....

 

[Trader05]

i was actually wondering when i read the thread title, lol duh!

 

[RossaTesta]

Marketing weasels.

A 15" CTR monitor has a usable area of like 13.75"

A 56K modem is limited to 54K.

A 20 GB hard drive actually formats to 18.5 GB.

A guy says his "wood" is 6" long, it's really 4.5" at most. )


...truth in advertizing, my a$$!