My new Macbook Pro with 512GB SSD only shows 500GB! Why?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)
Read here to understand why: How iOS and macOS report storage capacity - Apple Support
iOS and macOS use the decimal system
The operating system of your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac reports storage capacity using the decimal system (base 10), which calculates 1GB as 1 billion bytes. This is the same measurement system used on the product packaging and specifications.
iOS 10 and earlier, Mac OS X Leopard and earlier, Microsoft Windows, and watchOS use the binary system (base 2), which calculates 1GB as 1,073,741,824 bytes. This difference between the decimal and binary systems of measurement is why the reported storage capacity differs from the storage capacity on the product packaging or specifications.
I am curious: if yours is a 2015 and you buy it in 2018, how can you be sure that you are getting a brand new computer? Was the box still factory sealed?
The warranty is legally supposed to start at the date of retail sale though
It does - Apple sells it to the reseller = warranty is activated.
An SSD drive with some blocks held in reserve will perform consistently better and last longer.
My new Macbook Pro with 512GB SSD only shows 500GB! Why?
