Re: [MiNT] 2 GB != 2 GB

[Stefan Berndtsson <stefan@nocrew.org>]

"George Crissman" <strads@tmisnet.com> writes:

> > 2 GB = 2048 MB = 2097152 kb = 2147483648 Byte
> > Tschuess
> >    ...Frank
> 
> A minor point:
> 
> 2 Gigabytes of RAM is 2,147,483,648 Bytes
> 2 Gigabytes of Disc is 2,000,000,000 Bytes

No, 2 Gigabytes of Disc is 2,147,483,648 bytes,
and 2 Gigabytes of a Disc-partition is 2,147,483,648 bytes.

2 Gigabytes of selling motivation from companies is 2,000,000,000 bytes.

Whatever any company tell you, 2 Gigabytes on any disk you use in
any system that I know of, won't ever be 2,000,000,000 bytes.