Hardware Beware: Windows PCs are being sold with misleading storage specs on Amazon

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

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Here at Neowin, we regularly highlight great deals on Amazon so our readers can get the best value for their money. However, these deals are carefully curated by us based on our own research into the specifications on offer and the price tag attached to them. Now, it seems like some vendors on Amazon are trying to sell laptops with fraudulent specs in the title.

This problem was noticed recently by bmr99 on the r/LinusTechTips subreddit, where the user highlighted that several laptops, many produced by HP, are being sold with a marketed 1.1TB or 1.2TB of storage. You would think that is an odd number considering that storage capacities typically come in base-2 figures like 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB (1024GB) etc., and you'd be absolutely justified in being a bit wary.

Because the fact of the matter is that these PCs only have 128GB of storage in most cases. Where does the other 1TB come from, you ask? Well, that's 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage that you get through a 1-year subscription of Microsoft 365 that comes bundled with your purchase.

A person who is not tech-savvy would probably see a listing for an HP laptop with 1.2TB of storage and get excited because of the low price tag without realizing that the title description also includes OneDrive capacity.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

I would never buy a computer from Amazon.

 

[Parkinsond]

 

[Dave Russo]

Amazon has a convenient return policy at least, I purchased a Dell computer and the processor was different from the add,they posted. gladly accepted a return but... 1. Disappointed 2. Hassle to have to repack ect.3 listen to the(stupid excuse given,which included the most bs apology you know its nothing personal just a typo.,also seperate issue is there really a shortage of computer ram memory , making cost of a decent computer seemingly higher?