2006-07-16 16:58:40 · 17 answers · asked by baydestrian 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
First of all, you need to be aware the capitalization is extremely important when discussing megabytes and gigabytes.
a lower case b indicates bits instead of bytes (8 bits to a byte).
a lower case m means milli (1/1000) rather than mega ( 1 million)
a lower case g is meaningless.
When discussing hard drives and flash memory, the conversion rate is usually 1000 MB to 1 GB.
When discussing RAM, the conversion rate is 1024 MB to 1 GB.
The discrepency stems from two points. First, 1024 is based on being a multiple of 2 (2^10) and was chosen because it was close to 1000 which is would follow the ISO measurement standards.
The 1000 MB = 1 GB conversion rate was used for hard drives as part of a marketing ploy. Companies could artificially inflate the size of the drives since they are calculating 1 kB = 1000 bytes instead of 1024. So instead of saying a hard drive had 50 MMB, they'd say it had 52.4 MB.
2006-07-16 17:08:51 · answer #1 · answered by Joe J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1000 MB= 1 GB
2014-07-18 14:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by Sean 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the exact calculation
1024 MB = 1 GB
1024 KB = 1 MB
1024 Bytes = 1 KB
8 Bits = 1 Byte
2006-07-16 17:09:15 · answer #3 · answered by Chandan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1024 MB = 2 [to the power] 10 MB = 1 GB
2006-07-16 17:23:31 · answer #4 · answered by essanai_how1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1030 mb = 1 gb
2006-07-16 17:02:00 · answer #5 · answered by mansoor dude 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1024 mb = 1 gb
2006-07-16 17:05:03 · answer #6 · answered by Preetham 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Basicly 1000 mb is 1 gig
2006-07-16 17:02:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How Much Is One Gb
2016-12-16 13:06:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1000 mb = 1gb
2006-07-16 17:02:44 · answer #9 · answered by lgc288 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1024 mb
2006-07-16 17:06:40 · answer #10 · answered by Vie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋