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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 03:04 PM
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How many MB in GB? I want to buy a thumb drive. I know GB are bigger
than MB but I know what the ratio is. Therefore, I don't know what to buy.

Help!
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denverbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 04:45 PM
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1. 1000. 1000 mb = 1 gb n/t
Edited on Wed Jun-15-05 04:46 PM by denverbill
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 07:27 PM
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2. Actually a gigabyte is 1024 mb


Although some companies cheat and use the example you sited.
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gulfcoastliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-05 12:49 AM
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3. I got a 1 GB Corsair Voyager thumbdrive from Newegg
Even though they say it's 1 GB, it's actually slightly less, like 960MB from some reason.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 09:27 PM
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4. It is the overhead of being formatted.
The same idea as hard drives having less capacity than advertised.
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