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minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy were drives 160GB? This doesn’t really follow the 2^x pattern…
minus-squarepressanykeynow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThere never was and neither is that pattern, we now have 1tb, 2, 3, 4, etc, 12, 26tb drives. Whatever size they can fit, they do just as they did before.
minus-squareolosta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf the pattern was real 1TB drives would not exist either, since they are about 1.1 TiB.
minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’ve seen weird numbers before like 650 or 520 before.
Why were drives 160GB? This doesn’t really follow the 2^x pattern…
There never was and neither is that pattern, we now have 1tb, 2, 3, 4, etc, 12, 26tb drives. Whatever size they can fit, they do just as they did before.
If the pattern was real 1TB drives would not exist either, since they are about 1.1 TiB.
I’ve seen weird numbers before like 650 or 520 before.