Deryk Barker writes: > Actually it's mainly the hard drive manufacturers. And the ISO. > To them 1GB = 1,000,000,000 as you note above. Correct. Giga -> 10^9 = 1,000,000,000. > Of course, most software does the right thing and report in terms of > powers of 2, where 1GB = 1,073,741,824. Incorrect. Gibi -> 2^30 = 1,073,741,824. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI