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Re: 16GB turns out to be 12.6
02/15/12 05:23 PM

There are zillions of articles about why every disk seems smaller than it "should" be, such as this, this, and this, but besides that, you have to remember that any operating system has to use up some of the available storage space for cache files, cookies, preferences, user data, and miscellaneous evil gremlins.

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16GB turns out to be 12.6	Curandy	02/15/12 12:32 PM
Re: 16GB turns out to be 12.6	Jacob_Spindel	02/15/12 05:23 PM
Re: 16GB turns out to be 12.6	Curandy	02/15/12 08:13 PM
Re: 16GB turns out to be 12.6	LisaG	02/15/12 10:04 PM
Re: 16GB turns out to be 12.6	Curandy	02/16/12 10:17 AM

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