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A 16gb hard drive only contains enough memory to hold 16 gb worth of information. But 160 is ten times that amount.

1 gigabyte is 1000 megabytes

1 megabyte is 1000 kilobytes

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120GB of storage or about 75% more storage capacity. Right now, you can purchase 500GB for just a little more (on-line) than the 280GB.

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