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

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 22:50 +0100, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> 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....

I think that explanation is spot on. Ric


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