1GB of disk space is finally 1GB of disk space!

[Genesis F5]

Although Seagate denies each of the plaintiff's claims and feels that no one deserves compensation for its actions

*Writes Seagate off of my list of companies to buy hardware from.

What a **** attitude. How are they going to deny it? It says right on the box, 320GB. Put it into any machine and you'll get the "usable" size. Surely being in the hard drive business, they see that it's intentionally misleading. When you buy a hard drive that says 320GB, you want 320GB.

[hanratty21]

*Writes Seagate off of my list of companies to buy hardware from.

But this is an industry standard. Every manufacturer does it...so they are all to blame...or not. If everyone is doing it, and it's not some super secret technology they are using (everyone in this post has seen this "phenonenon" for themselves at least once) then is it really THAT much of a travesty of justice. To be honest, I've never even given it much thought...I've always known to expect about 5-10% less drive space than advertised. Are all Quarter Pounders exactly .25 lbs? Is that before or after frying all the fat out of it? Is that with bun or without? I truly don't think Seagate or any other manufacturer was trying to dupe anyone here. My car doesn't EVER get the advertised MPG on it. I am pretty sure my milk goes bad before the date on the carton. I also think that my cable bill costs way more than the nice saleslady on the phone told me it would.

I am not saying they don't need fair practices, but this is hardly a subversive act against all consumers. If I am not mistaken, wasn't Seagate also the first HD manufacturer to offer a 5 yr unconditional warranty?