How big is your imacs formatted hard drive?

Id like to know what the size of other imac users hard drives are in formatted capacity.
I have a 160GB, but its only 148.73 GB. Id like to see what capacity other people are getting, even if its a different sized hard drive.
Thanks

The size difference comes down to how you define Gigabyte (GB):
1. For HD manufacturers 1GB = 1000MB = 1000000KB = 1000000000bytes
2. For a computer 1GB = 1024MB = 1048576KB = 1073741824bytes
So a 160GB hard drive according to its manufacturer has 160000000000bytes but for a computer that is 156250000KB (160000000000/1024) = 152587MB (156250000/1024) = 149GB (152587/1024)

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