[10.10 64bit]-Why 8GB RAM Shows 7.8GB ?

[Thierry de Coulon]

On Wednesday 22 December 2010 09:45:03 pm Jesse Palser wrote:
> [10.10 64bit]-Why 8GB RAM Shows 7.8GB ?
>
> Hi,
>
> Recently made the switch to the 64bit version of Ubuntu 10.10.
> I have 8GB DDR2 RAM installed on my computer
> but System Monitor shows only 7.8GB ?
> Where did 200MB RAM go?
> Thanks!
>
> Ubuntu is best OS...
>
> Jesse


Most probably the usual "kilobit/kilobyte" stuff: one kilobit is 1000 bit, 1 
kilobyte is 1024; 1000/1024 is 0.9765 and 0.9765*8 is 7.8 so....

Thierry