Innumeracy
Salon.com has a little story about Apple's new iPods. They write:
That 5,000 is a bit high - I haven't managed to squeeze more than 4,300 onto my iPod, though a combination of shorter songs with higher compression and lower sound quality could get me closer. But, that's not the issue.
5,000 / 20 = 250 songs per GB.
25,000 / 60 = 416.6 songs per GB.
That extra 40 GB must be some special kind of disk space that can hold more than it claims. Or maybe they meant 15,000 songs.
- "The 20-gigabyte model can hold about 5,000 songs and costs $299, while the 60-gigabyte version holds 25,000 songs and sells for $399. "
That 5,000 is a bit high - I haven't managed to squeeze more than 4,300 onto my iPod, though a combination of shorter songs with higher compression and lower sound quality could get me closer. But, that's not the issue.
5,000 / 20 = 250 songs per GB.
25,000 / 60 = 416.6 songs per GB.
That extra 40 GB must be some special kind of disk space that can hold more than it claims. Or maybe they meant 15,000 songs.
posted by cleek at 11:32 AM
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