O/T: Vista

For those not in the know, when measuring memory, 1 KB=2^10 bytes, 1 MB=2^20 bytes, 1 GB=2^30 bytes. For measuring most everying else, like network speed for instance, 1 Kb = 10^3 BITS, 1KB =10^BYTES, M =10^6, G=10^6.

You can generally trust manufacturers to choose units which make their product look it's best.

Oops G = 10^9.

It also lacks the urgent need for them.

Bill wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news2.newsguy.com:

This explains the confusion pretty well:

And why not, they are made in China, just like most HF stuff.

Bob...

Yeah, somewhere in the industry the computer people decided to redefine what k,M and G mean based on powers of 2.

Typo correction: G=10^9 (US Billion, most other's 1000 Million)

For those not in the know, when measuring memory, 1 KB=2^10 bytes, 1 MB=2^20 bytes, 1 GB=2^30 bytes. For measuring most everying else, like network speed for instance, 1 Kb = 10^3 BITS, 1KB =10^BYTES, M =10^6, G=10^6.

You can generally trust manufacturers to choose units which make their product look it's best.

So is the iPad, one of the best made electronic devices out there.

It's not always where it's made, it is always the attitude with which it's made.

File allocation tables need room, not sure what replace those but some type of index is needed on the drive.

Leon wrote in news:Lq6dnYPkkd- snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

More likely, the video chip is stealing system RAM for its own use. It's extremely common in machines without a separate video card. (Even if you have one, if the on-board video isn't disabled it will still steal the RAM.)

Puckdropper

Doh! Most likely NOT what I said. I was suddenly thinking of a drive being reported smaller in capacity than sold as.

Southern New England Telephone was, and is, an operating division of AT&T. The company now does business as AT&T Connecticut.

Bell Labs never made a proft; it was an expense division.

Check again, moron.

Check YOUR facts. Prior to 1986, The Southern New England Telephone Company had been a minority holding of AT&T until February 1986, when AT&T withdrew its

Under threats of a hostile takeover, Southern New England Telephone underwent a restructuring in 1986, creating Southern New England Telecommunications as the holding company of SNET and its related businesses.

Southern New England Telecommunications was acquired by SBC Communications in 1998.

SNET Corporation was merged into AT&T Teleholdings, formerly Ameritech, in 2006 and ceased to exist.

If AT&T owned 20% of MY company, you bet I do what they said.

Even if whoever owned the other 80 percent told you not to?

Depends how many "owners" the other 80% was spread over.

So how many "owners" would it take before you obeyed the 20% instead of the 80%?

If none of the others owned more than 10% I'd "consider" listening to the one that owned 20, but it would depend on how well the 80 agreed.

It would also depend on which "owners" had the most influence otherwhise. Like technology ownership, or important connections, etc.