External Hdd Capacity - Toshiba Satellite A500-ST56X1 User Manual

LCD
Over a period of time, and depending on the usage of the computer,
the brightness of the LCD screen will deteriorate. This is an intrinsic
characteristic of LCD technology.
Maximum brightness is only available when operating in AC power mode.
Screen will dim when the computer is operated on battery power and you
will not be able to increase the brightness of the screen.
Graphics Processor Unit ("GPU")
Graphics processor unit ("GPU") performance may vary depending on
product model, design configuration, applications, power management
settings and features utilized. GPU performance is only optimized when
operating in AC power mode and may decrease considerably when
operating in battery power mode.
Wireless LAN
The transmission speed over the wireless LAN and the distance over which
wireless LAN can reach may vary depending on surrounding
electromagnetic environment, obstacles, access point design and
configuration, and client design and software/hardware configurations.
The actual transmission speed will be lower than the theoretical maximum
speed.
USB Sleep & Charge
The "USB Sleep & Charge function" may not work with certain external
device even if they are compliant with the USB specification. In those
cases, turn the power of the computer ON to charge the device.

External HDD Capacity

One Gigabyte (GB) means 10
A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using
powers of 2 for the definition of 1 GB = 2
therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity will also
be less if the computer includes one or more pre-installed operating
systems, pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual
formatted capacity may vary.
User's Manual
= 1,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10.
9
= 1,073,741,824 bytes, and
30
Satellite A500/A500D
10-3