Complete and utter newfag here

complete and utter newfag here

do 500GB HDD laptops actually hold 500 gigabytes or just 5 gigabytes? I'm legitimately confused

5gb. Decimal is always 2 places to the left.

You mean after you transfer your anime collection?

the g in Sup Forums doesn't stand for grandpas

For the most part yes, minus the bloatware and os.

>OP coming home from school
>listening to vidya themes on old ipod
>staring out window as bus arrives in front of his house
>OP notices packages on front porch
>"MY 5 GIGABYTE HARD DRIVE IS HERE"
>runs full speed towards front of bus in excitement
>forgets he's in short bus for retards
>breaks through windshield

It's five hundred gigabytes.

But the OS and unusable space will take up 15 to 20 gigabytes leaving you with about 480 or so.

he is trolling
is right the answer you are looking for is 5

alright, thanks

It depends, is it nvidia? Because then it is actually 4.5

I have a lot of interest in you now OP
how is this lost on someone in the year 2017

It's an ASPIRE 5742Z

Maybe it has to do with the fact that I'm 51 years old

500GB, which is like 500 1GB movies. Get it?

With that said it won't exactly be 500GB. For example my "256GB" SSD is only 232GB in reality. As someone said expect 450GB+ out of it just in case.

>It's an ASPIRE 5742Z
bruh you buying cheap shit off ebay or something? better bang for your buck in old thinkpads.

you gotta be joking

you got trolled.

DO NOT get an old thinkpad unless you have autism

>this whole thread
thank you OP

>15-20 gigabytes for OS
>Winfags will defend this

Why would they hold 5 if it said 500?

>my "256GB" SSD is only 232GB in reality
No, your 256 GB SSD is 256 GB in reality.
It's also 232 GiB in reality.

2.32, idiort.

No, the /100 scaling only applies to 500 GB drives