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Originally Posted by Red Alert
jmaejr, the Nook isn't the only device with some misunderstanding with respect to memory capacity.
If you own a computer with a hard drive it for sure states the capacity of the hard drive but there is no way YOU the user can access the entire HDD capacity. Some is taken up with internal OS components, some with the makers' fluff, etc.
Personally, I don't find it an issue weather the space is available directly to me or only through B&N. I find the use of the micro SD card provides all the space I'll ever need.
Of course, YMMV.
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Not exactly the same. On a HD, the difference comes mostly from the OS calculating the space is MiB (powers of 2), whereas the manufacturers calculate the space is MB (powers of 10). When you get into the hundreds of gigabytes, or terabytes, the difference is significant (1 Terabyte, 10^12, is 10% smaller than 1 Tebibyte, 2^40). Also, HD manufacturers don't restrict what you can do on 75% of the space. That said, I also agree it is a non-issue with SD cards selling so cheap.