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Did you check inside the box? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 34 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The problem arises when the OS uses GiB but labels them GB, like Windows does.

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  • [+] -12 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    No, the problem is making up a new word (gibibyte) and expecting people to use it when there’s already a word for that (gigabyte).

    It’s the hard drive manufacturers that should change.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    I want to agree with you, but the war is lost. Giga is billion and Gibi is 2^30

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    I want to agree with you two, because I hate competing standards, but you gotta admit gigabyte was a poor choice from the start because it took the SI prefix and made it mean something else. Creating Gibi is just correcting that mistake

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