Why is 1 tb not 1000 gb?

Hard drive manufacturers market drives in terms of decimal (base 10) capacity. In decimal notation, one megabyte (MB) is equal to 1,000,000 bytes, one gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes, and one terabyte (TB) is equal to 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.

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2024-01-09 01:27:35

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Is 1 tb more than 1000 gb?
So how many gigabytes or megabytes are in a terabyte? 1 terabyte (TB) equals 1,000 gigabytes (GB) or 1,000,000 megabytes (MB).
2024-02-05 13:25:29

Is 1 tb or ssd best?
1Tb has about 4x the storage capacity but a ssd drive is about 5x faster than a HDD (standard hard disk). It makes a huge difference to have an ssd drive. We used to recommend adding ram to speed up your computer but the SSD drive is the best way to do it now.
2024-01-02 21:35:59

Is 1 tb a lot of memory?
One terabyte gives you the option of storing roughly: 250,000 photos taken with a 12MP camera OR. 250 movies or 500 hours of HD video OR. 6.5 million document pages, commonly stored as Office files, PDFs, and presentations.
2023-10-12 13:30:47

Is 500 gb 1 tb?
A: Storage: 500 Gb vs 1 Tb is basically 500 Gb vs 1024 Gb (1 Tb). Which indicates the hard drive space for storage. The more storage the better.
2023-03-18 03:07:48

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