I got a """"""""""32GB""""""""""

>>57507318
kys

They're required by law, in the US at least, to put a disclaimer on the packeging which tells you that 32GB isn't what you think it is.

>>57507329
Why? As far as I'm concerned I paid for a 32GB mSD card (which is 29.8GiB), yet I only got an mSD card that is 29.55GiB. Is this not a scam?

>>57507318
>it's the manufacturer's fault that Windows mistakenly refers to GiB as GB

>>57507345
There's the unit conversion but isn't there some overhead for the formatting? I can't into technology so what do I know.

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>Customer bought, then returned a HDD.
>Said it was defective.
>Grabbed another one, returned it, said it was defective.
>I asked him what the hell he's doing
>Says the 1TB drive only shows up as 931GB

>>57507404
so did management replace the faulty drive model? sounds like a serious issue

>>57507354
>>57507404
>what is reading comprehension

>>57507318
Because normalfags run marketing departments.

If they used binary sizes, people would get confused about 1GB == 1024MB and complain about. I agree it's fucking stupid but there's nothing we can do about it.

>>57507318
>giga in compsci = 1024*1024*1024*1024
>giga in every other field = 1000*1000*1000*1000

to make sure to actually get 32gb, search for 32gib.

>>57507574
>I agree it's fucking stupid but there's nothing we can do about it.
On the contrary, you can switch to a real OS that displays sizes properly

As far as I can tell, only windows is retarded enough to confuse GB and GiB

>>57507688
>On the contrary, you can switch to a real OS that displays sizes properly

That is true. I've noticed however as well that some Linux tools display different sizes than others for some shitty reason but for the most part it displays sizes correctly.

That's not much good for your average normie computer user however since they will no doubt be using Windows or OSX (not sure if OSX shows binary format by default)

>>57507724
>OSX (not sure if OSX shows binary format by default)
OS X uses correct IEC prefixes by default.
Only Windows is wrong.

> 3 gig difference
Just buy a 64 gb card and stop worrying about it you neet

>>57508079
>gb
gram barn?
gram bit?

>>57508045
kek

>>57507318
Blame Microsoft, they're labeling base 2 units as base 10 units.

>>57507345
It is different from card to card (not limited to vendor)

>>57507668
do they even exist?

>>57507354
>this

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>buy """16 GB""" of RAM
>it's actually 16 GiB

>>57511005
no its 15,625GiB

>>57507318
that reminds me of that other day when windows gave people additional 8 bit of color depth.

>>57507318
windows shows "GiB" as "GB".
Install gentoo.