Why does Windows use GB over GiB etc?

>>55606268
Because they are prajeets

>>55606268
They actually use binary prefixes, but Pajeet is too stupid and labeled everything with SI prefixes anyways.

>>55606268
Legacy reasons.

>>55606268
Why would you waste a letter for no reason? It also looks uglier.

>>55606268
there's no incentive for anyone to use the larger prefixes, SI looks bigger and doesn't confuse normies

>>55606585
b-but muh 1024kb

>>55606268
So no one will notice when GB means gigabits and Microsoft cons everyone

Because "GiB" is /g/ newspeak.

>>55606268
I just cal them giggidies. You need to step up the game son.

now kys

I call them GiBsmedats.

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GiB is for networking. GB is for storage.

>>55607609
No it isn't you bell end

>>55607181

Gb != GB

>>55607609
Still doesn't explain why they display GiB but say it's GB.

I wish they would change it just so that I don't have to explain to people why their 1TB drive doesn't say it's 1TB.

>>55607883

Who cares. The numbers are all consistent.. The retards are Apple since they use 10 base units.

Why doesn't Loonix use base 10 units by default if base 10 is so good?

>>55606268
Because MS is one of the few groups left that believes that 1GB is 0b1000000000000000000000000000000 rather than 0b111011100110101100101000000000000