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Originally Posted by gabby131
That depends on how you count. Disk manufacturers count one kilobyte as 1000 bytes, while the computer count one kilobyte as 1024 bytes. At least that is what I've read / been told.
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2010-03-22
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Originally Posted by ToJa92
yes i believe so, so this means not all sizes are accurate coz we only know that storage drives run in 128m, 256m, 512m, 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb, 16gb. and i have not seen any written like 14.29gb or something like that.
That depends on how you count. Disk manufacturers count one kilobyte as 1000 bytes, while the computer count one kilobyte as 1024 bytes. At least that is what I've read / been told.
same as on the batteries are, i have battery graph on my n900, when fully charge the battery, only 96% is left 4% is consumed. but when you run a command at x-term (i forgot what that is), it'll indicate 100% on a fully charged
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2010-03-22
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Originally Posted by ToJa92
That's right. A kilobyte as used in computing (or "kibibyte" to be pedantic) is 1024b. Drivemakers (and sometimes memory manufacturers) say a kilobyte is 1000b, since kilo is the ISO prefix for one thousand right?
That depends on how you count. Disk manufacturers count one kilobyte as 1000 bytes, while the computer count one kilobyte as 1024 bytes. At least that is what I've read / been told.
So their drives look bigger than they really are, and the bigger the drive is the further the advertised size is from the real size.
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2010-03-22
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Originally Posted by GameboyRMH
i think all these bars and whatnot that show the current energy level of the battery arent supposed to show how much power is left effectively, but how long the battery will last in context with how much power the device is consuming right now.
I find that using the little battery indicator icon probably gives you a better idea of how much power is left than a % indicator or mAh counter. My old palm had a similar gauge that also gave you a "fake percentage" that I found to be the most useful gauge of remaining power.
For example, right now mine says 70%, less than 3/4 power, but the indicator icon shows 7/8 bars, which is a more accurate representation of how much power is left in my experience.
i noticed when i start a few applications, the battery-icon will often go down 1 step instantly.
as soon as i close these apps and let the device idle, it often even goes up 1 step.
