What is the MB capacity of the 1 gig shuffle? [Archive]

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Mugzilla

04-22-2005, 02:13 PM

I had to reformat my 1 gig shuffle. When the process completed, the program told me the shuffle's capacity was :

990 MB

I was under the impression 1 gig=1024 MB.

Do I have a few bad sectors?

~tl

04-22-2005, 02:34 PM

Flash chips & HDs are marked as 1000MB being a GB, instead of 1024MB. Therefore 990MB sounds reasonable.

TOM

punxking

04-22-2005, 02:44 PM

I believe it would be 976MB, but I'm curious to hear from any 1 gig owners what it actually is...

Mugzilla

04-22-2005, 02:54 PM

I forget what it was when I originally installed my shuffle. I will be a little upset if I have lost capacity. If anyone else w/ a 1 gig shuffle could chime in, it would be appreciated.

zip22

04-22-2005, 03:09 PM

yup, mines 990MB

Solarskaighter

04-23-2005, 05:57 AM

When you format the Shuffle, the figure you started with drops. The shelf life also decreased the memory capacity. Yes...over time, memory just...deterioates. Not by a lot, mind you.

Rod Smith

04-23-2005, 10:30 AM

Don't worry, be happy! I bought mine when they first came out and have used it constantly. Formatted many times, changed program everyday, no loss of capacity so far. I have 230 songs on it right now, using 990 MB, 424 KB available.

zip22

04-23-2005, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by Solarskaighter
When you format the Shuffle, the figure you started with drops. The shelf life also decreased the memory capacity. Yes...over time, memory just...deterioates. Not by a lot, mind you.

what? where did you hear that?

Zap

04-23-2005, 11:41 AM

ZenRunner

04-23-2005, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by Solarskaighter
The shelf life also decreased the memory capacity. Yes...over time, memory just...deterioates. Not by a lot, mind you.
This is complete hogwash. You do not lose memory capacity over time.