Thanks Ed. Here is my issue.
My WD 500GB drive is 500,107,862,016 bytes
My WD 640GB drive is 640,135,028,736 bytes
My generic 8GB thumbdrive is 8,178,892,800 bytes
Yes you lose after format and you would get 14.9 after format if you actually bought a 16GB drive, but you didn’t!
With the Sanbdisk Cruzer you bought 15.6 or 15,698,231,296 bytes, when formated is 14.6. so now I ask… how can you call this (and sell this as) a 16GB?
-Ric