[iTunes] iPod's Capacity

[Norm LeMieux]

it's the new math: Hard drives are specified in decimal (billions of bytes), 
whereas software specifies capacity in binary (gigabytes). Remember that a 
gigabyte is not a billion bytes; it is more. Conversely, a billion bytes is 
not a gigabyte; it is less.

For GB on drives, the conversion is to divide the value by 1.024 three 
times.

30GB /1.024 /1.024 /1.024 = 27.93968gigabytes

-n-


>From: "S. Moussly" <smoussly at ebla.com.kw>
>Reply-To: "iTunesList" <iTunes at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>To: "iTunesList" <iTunes at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>Subject: [iTunes] iPod's Capacity
>Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 11:12:45 +0300
>
>Why is it that my 30GB iPod's capacity is only 27.9. where did the 2GB go?
>
>Sam
>
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