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Re:Why is 1 GB equal to 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30? by FigBug on Sunday April 06, 2014 @10:00AM (#7540950)
Why not switch to actual GB like the OS X did. I'm not sure why anybody prefers GiB.
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Re:Why is 1 GB equal to 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30? by tatref on Sunday April 06, 2014 @10:49AM (#7541114)
Either way, as long as GB = 10^9, and GiB = 2^30
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