[G4] Browsers

keith_w keith_w at dslextreme.com
Sun Feb 4 13:33:22 PST 2007


O'Brien wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:42:18 -0800, keith_w wrote:
>> How do you get to 7/8ths of a full Gig? 896 MB is an odd number, in 
>> my mind. Just a curiosity!


> In computer math a gigabyte is 1,024,000K (not 1,000,000.) A megabyte is 1,024K (not 1,000.)
> 
> One gig / 8 = 128MB X 7 = 896MB

I just *knew* I'd phrased the question incorrectly!  <g>
I'm aware of all the calculations, and all the differences.

What I was unaware of was that you could still buy 156 MB sticks, or 
that all modern CPUs would accept them.

Oh well, no big deal....

Thanks,

keith whaley


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