<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Are you sure??? I've always understood it as this: 1024 bytes = 1 Mb (megabytes) 1000 Mb = 1Gb (gigabytes) 1000 Gb = a whole bunch!! Joseph Peter Goggin wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:00d201c8fc34$37a7ec70$6800a8c0@VANTWEST" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">When you buy 1Gbyte of memory you get 1000 Megabytes. Some programs define a GByte of memory as 1024Mbytes. Thus these programs would show a shortfall of about 2%, i.e. 2 Gbytes (2000Mbytes) would show as 1.96 Gbytes or thereabouts. Regards Peter Goggin -----Original Message----- From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a>] On Behalf Of Bill Walton Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2008 3:20 AM To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions Subject: Re: memory reported less than installed Hi Peter, Peter Goggin wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Remember that the amount of memory shown depends on the definition of Gbyte used. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Could you say more about what you mean? I wasn't aware definitions differed. Thanks, Bill </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>