Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better

Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by fragmede on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @10:02PM (#31844339)

It refers to pieces of wood used for building in North America, which comes in 2 inch by 4 inches by x feet, where x is generally 8 or 10.

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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by Akronymus on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:00AM (#31846591)

So, basically a 50x100mm piece of lumber?

(I rounded those values because if the US were to go metric, the dimension would slightly change, rather than being exactly 50.8 by 101.6 mm)

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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by kennywinker on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:26AM (#31849550)

Except, per my original point - it’s called a 2x4 - but it’s not actually 2 inches by 4 inches, which would be as you say 50ish x 100ish mm. In reality it’s actually standardized to be 38 x 89 mm

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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by Akronymus on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:44AM (#31849802)

Guess 40 by 90 then.

What I tried to convey, in a stupid way, is that there wouldnt be an exact translation of the measurements into metric, but that the dimensions qould slightly change in switching over.

and now I realize that that point was irrelevant anyways. Sorry for derailing the thread with useless replies.

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