This is the old Marketing Mega/Gigabyte versus "real" mega/gigabyte thing. A DVD is 4,699,979,766 bytes. Marketing People divide that by 1000 to get "4.7gb", which they like because it's bigger.
But, if you take a "real" megabyte/gigabyte as the computer calls it, 1024 bytes in a kb, 1024 kb in a megabyte, etc, it's actually 4.4gb usable data. Hard Drives have had the same confusion for a long time now. If you buy a 1TB drive, it won't actually format to 1TB. Some sources (like wikipedia) have started calling the 1024 versions mebibytes, gibibytes, etc. but I've always thought it sounded a little silly. Scott WhyOSX wrote: > 4.7, or others are different... > > >> Or, rather than worrying about it, you could just burn it to a DVD. >> That has 4.4gb of space. ;) >> >> - Alex >> >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Doug McNutt <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> At 21:19 -0500 12/2/09, Wolf wrote: >>> standard CD-Rs hold a just a bit more than 702 megs, but most programs >>> >> reserve the last few megabytes. >> >>> i have never used Toast, but i do know alot of (Windows) burning apps offer >>> >> an option called "overburn" that lets you use the last little bit of the >> disc. >> >>> no special type of CD is needed >>> >>> >> -- >> ----- >> You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >> > > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
