Scott_Bremner@resbbs.UUCP (Scott Bremner) (05/13/91)
Anyone outhere have any Idea how many megs is in a 2 gig HD thanks
kellsworth@pbs.org (Video Magician) (05/14/91)
In article <Scott_Bremner.3442@resbbs.UUCP>, Scott_Bremner@resbbs.UUCP (Scott Bremner) writes: > Anyone outhere have any Idea how many megs is in a 2 gig HD > thanks > > 1 megabyte = 1 million bytes 1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes 1 billion = 1000 million ... therefore .... a 2 gig HD holds approximately 2,000,000,000 bytes, give or take a kilobyte or two. -Keith
swoodcoc@isis.cs.du.edu (Steven Markus Woodcock) (05/14/91)
In article <Scott_Bremner.3442@resbbs.UUCP> Scott_Bremner@resbbs.UUCP (Scott Bremner) writes: >Anyone outhere have any Idea how many megs is in a 2 gig HD >thanks > Scott: 2 gigs = 2 gigs x 1000MB/gig = 2000 MB (roughly) Steven W. One of the Good Guys -- "...Men will awake presently and be Men again, and colour and laughter and splendid living will return to a grey civilization. But that will only come true because a few Men will believe in it, and fight for it, and fight in its name against everything that sneers and snarls at that ideal..."
dlangfor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David W Langford) (05/14/91)
In article <1991May13.225515.12661@pbs.org> kellsworth@pbs.org (Video Magician) writes: >In article <Scott_Bremner.3442@resbbs.UUCP>, Scott_Bremner@resbbs.UUCP (Scott Bremner) writes: >> Anyone outhere have any Idea how many megs is in a 2 gig HD >> thanks >> > Okay time to get a clue... 1 byte = 8 bits ( 2^0 ) 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes (can we say 2^10 ) >1 megabyte = 1 million bytes 1 megabyte = 1024 kilo bytes (can we say 2^20 ) >1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes 1 gigabyte = 1024 mega bytes ( 2^40 ) >1 billion = 1000 million true however in computerese it is more like: 1 giga = 1024 mega > >... therefore .... >a 2 gig HD holds approximately 2,000,000,000 bytes, give or take >a kilobyte or two. actually 2,147,483,648 bytes so you are off by 147,483,648 or about 140.65 Megabytes Of course in the case of a hard drive this is mute since it is before formatting so you only et about 1.5 - 1.8 Gigs a storage. Funny how salepeople never mention that fact. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | David Langford - Columbus, OH | dlangfor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu | | | dlangfo@ohstmvsa -Bitnet | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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1 GByte = 1024 MByte
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IBM/3270 DMSWWU1Cs8922967@ipc01.tmc.edu (Murray John GILBERT) (05/15/91)
In article <Scott_Bremner.3442@resbbs.UUCP> Scott_Bremner@resbbs.UUCP (Scott Bremner) writes: >Anyone outhere have any Idea how many megs is in a 2 gig HD >thanks > > 2 GB = 2048MB = 2 * 1024MB
holgerl@amiux.agsc.sub.org (Holger Lubitz) (05/15/91)
In article <1991May14.061352.21471@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dlangfor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David W Langford) writes: >Okay time to get a clue... I think so as well... >1 gigabyte = 1024 mega bytes ( 2^40 ) Ooops. Shouldn't that read 2^30 ? >true however in computerese it is more like: >1 giga = 1024 mega It is when you're counting RAM. It usually isn't when counting HD space. Some clever marketing guy found out that Harddisks actually seem greater if you count 1.000.000 Bytes as a Megabyte. So a one gig HD usually is exactly that - 1.000.000.000 bytes, nothing more. >Of course in the case of a hard drive this is mute since it is before >formatting so you only et about 1.5 - 1.8 Gigs a storage. Funny how salepeople >never mention that fact. And of course, in formatted capacity they usually still call 1.000.000.000 bytes a gig, just like they call 1.000.000 bytes a meg. Which is why marketing people still like to call a 20 meg Harddisk "21 MB". Best regards, Holger -- Holger Lubitz, Kl. Drakenburger Str. 24, D-W-3070 Nienburg/Weser
c60b-2fq@web-2c.berkeley.edu (Ben "Benno" Carroll) (05/23/91)
There are _1000_ megs per gig. Hence a 2 gig HD has...Well, it's pretty darn huge. How much does such a beast cost? benno benno@ocf.berkeley.edu c60b-2fq@web.berkeley.edu .