Why were drives 160GB? This doesn't really follow the 2^x pattern...
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2025
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If the pattern was real 1TB drives would not exist either, since they are about 1.1 TiB.
I’ve seen weird numbers before like 650 or 520 before.
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