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Old 09-02-2008, 05:57 AM
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does anyone wonder why.....
why is it that when a iphone 4GB is formatted it gets 3.5GB space yet when a 16 is formatted it gets 14.5GB. i mean they booth got the same software on it whats the 1GB difference?
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Old 09-02-2008, 07:29 AM
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Sorry, math tells me its 0.5 Gig difference, and no, I have no idea. Probably its taken up or down to the nearest. 4 GB for example could mean 3.58, not 3.5. If so, then 4 times as much, as in 16 GB would be 14.32, maybe written as 14.5 GB.
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Old 09-02-2008, 07:34 AM
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Why is my hard drive smaller than its advertised size? Microsoft Application Tips and Tweaks - dslreports.com

edit: I like this explanation better: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1594
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Old 09-02-2008, 08:09 AM
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oooooh so it's the binary
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