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Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by pseudalopex on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @06:07PM (#24414105)
Different 500 GB models have different capacities. They're just guaranteed to hold at least 500,000,000,000 bytes.
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Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by wtallis on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @06:41PM (#24414447)
I haven't actually been able to verify with multiple 500GB hard drives, but the exact byte count I quoted does seem to be universally standard for 500GB SSDs.
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