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Re: Bad Metric ... 1k = 1024 or 1000?



Jon Bettenct (formerly Mr.I'mAnOutOfControlLisaSimpsonFannnn)
<jonINTERNETrelayCHAT@napaVALLEYnet.CLARInet> wrote:

> > GS System
> > and Windows 95 both use 1k = 1024.
> 
> Windows 95 says 1K = 1024
> GS System says 1K = 1024

No argument with these two, but...

> Macintosh says 1K = 1000

What gives you this impression?  As far as I can tell, the Mac also uses
1 KB = 1024 bytes (everywhere in the Finder and most other places in the
OS).

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David Empson
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