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I got my Toshiba portable usb external hardd rive and on the box it says 1TB of memory yet when I plug it in its only showing 698gb available and on the back of the hard drive itself it says 750gb. What gives?
http://www.rakuten.com/prod/toshiba-canvio-e05a100pbu3xl-1-tb-external-hard-drive-usb-3-0-5400-rpm/217497995.html
Answer
I think you actually have a 750gb HD. Either they sent you the wrong model or you picked up the wrong model in the store.
So with a HD that advertises 750gb the actual size after formatting in Windows is 93% of that total or ~698gb. In other words you lose 7% of the advertised size (or 7gb per 100gb) because Windows looks at a HD differently then the manufacturer. The manufacturer's know this but like to inflate the size of the drive.
This is probably the type drive you have: http://www.rakuten.com/prod/toshiba-canvio-3-0-750gb-usb-3-0-2-0-portable-hard-drive-black/224614717.html
I think you actually have a 750gb HD. Either they sent you the wrong model or you picked up the wrong model in the store.
So with a HD that advertises 750gb the actual size after formatting in Windows is 93% of that total or ~698gb. In other words you lose 7% of the advertised size (or 7gb per 100gb) because Windows looks at a HD differently then the manufacturer. The manufacturer's know this but like to inflate the size of the drive.
This is probably the type drive you have: http://www.rakuten.com/prod/toshiba-canvio-3-0-750gb-usb-3-0-2-0-portable-hard-drive-black/224614717.html
College freshman searching for a netbook: Acer v.s. Toshiba?
Hello, I'm a college freshman looking for a lightweight, high-quality netbook. I narrowed down my search to 2 Acer and 2 Toshiba netbooks. Which one should I get?
Aspire One 722 - AO722-BZ608
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/LU.SFU02.032
Aspire One 722 - AO722-BZ454
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/LU.SFT02.002
Toshiba Mini Notebook - NB505-N508BL
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/mini-notebook/NB500/NB505-N508BL
Toshiba Mini Notebook - NB505-N500BL
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/mini-notebook/NB500/NB505-N500BL
Please share any suggestions.
Thank you in advance. :-)
Answer
You provided none of your search parameters, or your requirements. Thus, it is difficult to advise you on which of these you should get.
But... whatever. Let's get to it.
Right off the bat, Acer is made more "cheaply" than Toshiba. Lower quality control standards and all that. Acer also uses less expensive component materials. So, if cared for equally, you could expect the Toshiba to last longer. Major point for Toshiba.
Price-wise, from the links you posted, either of the Toshiba products would be the way to go, as they are listed for less.
The Acers both have 11" screens, the Toshibas have 10". But... at that size screen, the 10" is just fine. So, being an inch larger in this case doesn't make a big difference. Another point for Toshiba.
The Acers have dual core 1.0ghz processors. The Toshibas have single core Hyperthreaded 1.66ghz processors. Since hyperthreaded processors act like dual core processors (not the same, but close) for what you will be able to be doing with the netbook, the processor in the Toshibas is actually the winner. Netbooks are not really made for multi-tasking, and if you need a machine to be multi-tasking on, you shouldn't be getting a netbook. So, for having the faster processor, the Toshibas win another point.
The Toshibas come with Windows 7 starter... so that's a strike against them.
The Toshibas come with only 1gb of Ram. Since they also come with Windows 7 starter edition, 1gb of Ram won't be all that bad. If you went so far as to downgrade the appearance to push Windows into Classic mode (making it look almost like Windows 2000) you'd get acceptable performance out of that 1gb of Ram. However, this reduced amount of Ram is a strike against them. I would contact Toshiba before the purchase (or at the time of purchase) to see if you could increase that to 2gb of Ram.
Three out of the four choices here have 250gb hard drives... so storage space is not a factor. The most expensive choice out of all of them has 4gb Ram and a 500gb hard drive. Might seem nice, but we are talking about a Netbook. Also, it is rather foolish to store ALL of your important documents, movies, music on the main hard drive of a laptop or netbook. It makes far more sense to have a smaller main hard drive, and a portable hard drive to keep your important information on. So, in my opinion, for this type of device, having a large hard drive to encourage you to store lots of information on is a strike against it. Not the Ram.... it's nice to see 4gb of Ram. But the 500gb drive is just unnecessary.
I examined the specifications for both of the Toshibas you listed... and it is interesting to note the differences. For example... there is absolutely no difference hardware-wise between the two. The more expensive of the two units... NB505-N508BL has "Toshiba Online Backup (30-day trial subscription), WildTangent Game Console, TOSHIBA App Place," while the less expensive one does not have that software. So... That is what the difference in price is all about. Those two are the same exact netbook otherwise.
So, if I had to recommend one of the 4... I would actually say you should purchase the least expensive of all of them... the NB505-N500BL at $245.99. What it doesn't come with software-wise, you won't miss. What you can do with it, you can do with the other offerings you listed. You just save yourself $100 or more by buying it. You can easily take that $100, and spend $80 of it for a 750gb portable hard drive for storing things like music and movies on http://www.walmart.com/ip/Western-Digital-My-Passport-Essential-750GB-USB-3.0-Portable-External-Hard-Drive/15779563
... or when you order it, get more Ram http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/findMemory.jsp?stt1=Laptop%20PCs&stt2=mini%20notebook&sttSeries=mini%20notebook^NB505&stt3=NB505-N500BL&src=EXPL&cm_mmc=explore-_-accessories-_-sku-_-NB500 it starts as low as $20 for 2gb.
You provided none of your search parameters, or your requirements. Thus, it is difficult to advise you on which of these you should get.
But... whatever. Let's get to it.
Right off the bat, Acer is made more "cheaply" than Toshiba. Lower quality control standards and all that. Acer also uses less expensive component materials. So, if cared for equally, you could expect the Toshiba to last longer. Major point for Toshiba.
Price-wise, from the links you posted, either of the Toshiba products would be the way to go, as they are listed for less.
The Acers both have 11" screens, the Toshibas have 10". But... at that size screen, the 10" is just fine. So, being an inch larger in this case doesn't make a big difference. Another point for Toshiba.
The Acers have dual core 1.0ghz processors. The Toshibas have single core Hyperthreaded 1.66ghz processors. Since hyperthreaded processors act like dual core processors (not the same, but close) for what you will be able to be doing with the netbook, the processor in the Toshibas is actually the winner. Netbooks are not really made for multi-tasking, and if you need a machine to be multi-tasking on, you shouldn't be getting a netbook. So, for having the faster processor, the Toshibas win another point.
The Toshibas come with Windows 7 starter... so that's a strike against them.
The Toshibas come with only 1gb of Ram. Since they also come with Windows 7 starter edition, 1gb of Ram won't be all that bad. If you went so far as to downgrade the appearance to push Windows into Classic mode (making it look almost like Windows 2000) you'd get acceptable performance out of that 1gb of Ram. However, this reduced amount of Ram is a strike against them. I would contact Toshiba before the purchase (or at the time of purchase) to see if you could increase that to 2gb of Ram.
Three out of the four choices here have 250gb hard drives... so storage space is not a factor. The most expensive choice out of all of them has 4gb Ram and a 500gb hard drive. Might seem nice, but we are talking about a Netbook. Also, it is rather foolish to store ALL of your important documents, movies, music on the main hard drive of a laptop or netbook. It makes far more sense to have a smaller main hard drive, and a portable hard drive to keep your important information on. So, in my opinion, for this type of device, having a large hard drive to encourage you to store lots of information on is a strike against it. Not the Ram.... it's nice to see 4gb of Ram. But the 500gb drive is just unnecessary.
I examined the specifications for both of the Toshibas you listed... and it is interesting to note the differences. For example... there is absolutely no difference hardware-wise between the two. The more expensive of the two units... NB505-N508BL has "Toshiba Online Backup (30-day trial subscription), WildTangent Game Console, TOSHIBA App Place," while the less expensive one does not have that software. So... That is what the difference in price is all about. Those two are the same exact netbook otherwise.
So, if I had to recommend one of the 4... I would actually say you should purchase the least expensive of all of them... the NB505-N500BL at $245.99. What it doesn't come with software-wise, you won't miss. What you can do with it, you can do with the other offerings you listed. You just save yourself $100 or more by buying it. You can easily take that $100, and spend $80 of it for a 750gb portable hard drive for storing things like music and movies on http://www.walmart.com/ip/Western-Digital-My-Passport-Essential-750GB-USB-3.0-Portable-External-Hard-Drive/15779563
... or when you order it, get more Ram http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/findMemory.jsp?stt1=Laptop%20PCs&stt2=mini%20notebook&sttSeries=mini%20notebook^NB505&stt3=NB505-N500BL&src=EXPL&cm_mmc=explore-_-accessories-_-sku-_-NB500 it starts as low as $20 for 2gb.
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