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In article <1991May14.061352.21471@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dlangfor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David W Langford) writes:
>Okay time to get a clue...

I think so as well...

>1 gigabyte = 1024 mega bytes ( 2^40 )

Ooops. Shouldn't that read 2^30 ?

>true however in computerese it is more like:
>1 giga = 1024 mega

It is when you're counting RAM. It usually isn't when counting HD space.
Some clever marketing guy found out that Harddisks actually seem greater
if you count 1.000.000 Bytes as a Megabyte.

So a one gig HD usually is exactly that - 1.000.000.000 bytes, nothing
more.

>Of course in the case of a hard drive  this is mute since it is before
>formatting so you only et about 1.5 - 1.8 Gigs a storage. Funny how salepeople
>never mention that fact.

And of course, in formatted capacity they usually still call 1.000.000.000
bytes a gig, just like they call 1.000.000 bytes a meg.
Which is why marketing people still like to call a 20 meg Harddisk "21 MB".

Best regards,
Holger

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