Seagate will pay for the "wrong" definition of gigabytes
Seagate decided not to bring the case to court and agreed to a voluntary payment of compensation to all American users who bought Seagate hard drives in the past six years: from March 22, 2001 to September 26, 2007 ( official document ). Compensation will be paid either in cash in the amount of 5% of the cost of the purchased HDD (if it was purchased before 2006), or in the form of software for backup and recovery of data. To get compensation, you need to leave a separate application for each disc.
The trial against Seagate was initiated in March 2005 by the Americans Michael Lazar and Sarah Cho. The reason for the claim was the fact that the actual capacity of Seagate hard drives was about 7% less than what is stated in the documentation, advertising and technical specifications.
In the promises of the manufacturer: 1 gigabyte = 1 000 000 000 bytes
In the operating system: 1 gigabyte = 1,073,741,824 bytes
The justification for dishonest advertising at the manufacturer is inconclusive: the supposedly decimal number system is clearer for users. Although in reality all users are accustomed to believing the operating system, which traditionally measures gigabytes as 2 30 bytes. The court hearings were scheduled for February 7, 2008, but the leaders of Seagate rightly reasoned that the trial would adversely affect the company's reputation, and decided to go to the world. At the same time, the company did not admit its guilt.
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In the six years from March 2001 to March 2007, approximately 6.2 million Seagate hard drives were sold in the United States.
via Computerworld
The trial against Seagate was initiated in March 2005 by the Americans Michael Lazar and Sarah Cho. The reason for the claim was the fact that the actual capacity of Seagate hard drives was about 7% less than what is stated in the documentation, advertising and technical specifications.
In the promises of the manufacturer: 1 gigabyte = 1 000 000 000 bytes
In the operating system: 1 gigabyte = 1,073,741,824 bytes
The justification for dishonest advertising at the manufacturer is inconclusive: the supposedly decimal number system is clearer for users. Although in reality all users are accustomed to believing the operating system, which traditionally measures gigabytes as 2 30 bytes. The court hearings were scheduled for February 7, 2008, but the leaders of Seagate rightly reasoned that the trial would adversely affect the company's reputation, and decided to go to the world. At the same time, the company did not admit its guilt.
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In the six years from March 2001 to March 2007, approximately 6.2 million Seagate hard drives were sold in the United States.
via Computerworld
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/15709/
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