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RE: not as much space!?
Hard disk sizes are quotes in (true) gigabytes (GB) (with 1000 = 10^3 being the multiplier used to transform between gigabytes and kilobytes (KB = kB) and bytes (B)).
Nearly all software (eg Microsoft Windows) measures disk space in gibibytes (GiB) (with 1024 = 2^10 being the multiplier used to transform between gibibytes and kebibytes (KiB) and bytes) but calls it gigabytes.
So really, your 30 gigabyte Ipod has 28.79 gibibytes of space and your 2 gigabyte flash disk has 1.82 gibibytes of space. You haven't been ripped off, it's just that one gibibyte is a bit bigger that one gibabyte, and software measures in gibibytes but calls them gigabytes even though they are different (and the more the size the bigger the difference, 1 KB = 0.98 KiB, 1 GB = 0.93 GiB).
This post was edited on 09-13-2007 at 09:22 AM by rav0.
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