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Old 10-06-2010, 09:45 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by dwig View Post
The two OSs are using different definitions of GB. Windows XP uses the classic definition based on the powers of 2 (1kb=1024 bytes, ...) and the current MacOSs use the "modern" (read: inflated) definition based on powers of 10 (1kb=1000 bytes). Hence Win translates 3,279,044,608 bytes as 3.05gb and Mac translates is as 3.24gb.
Dwig and Hellraiser06; thank you both for the explanation.
So Windows is more accurate: didn't know that about the MacBook.
And the good news is that I' ve close to 1500 books left to load on my Kindle, that will last me some years.
And it makes 2000+ 1500 =Amazon's claim of 3500 books to be true!
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