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Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by boomboomsubban on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @03:19PM (#24411948)
While I'll admit they do have a slightly better case here, basically every OS's definition is more important than the SI. They clearly did it to make their drives look bigger. As proof, why are they sticking behind old SI definitions 25 years after they added the other ones?
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Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by throw0101a on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @07:52PM (#24415009)
> As proof, why are they sticking behind old SI definitions 25 years after they added the other ones?

Because hard drives, going back to the original (the IBM 350), have used decimal prefixes.

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Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by boomboomsubban on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @09:09PM (#24415588)
At best, that means they should have switched when SSD's happened.

Given what this article is about, I don't know why you're giving HD manufacturers the benefit of the doubt.

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