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Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades (www.engadget.com)

submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

FAT32 is also really simple to implement. Supporting exFAT may require a larger microcontroller with more memory, which results in a more expensive product.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

FAT32 is the java of file systems. Works everywhere, on anything. But everyone hates it.

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[–] And009@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago

Even my speaker can read fat32, but I never format any storage in that system

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