The other day, my desktop at the office got a memory upgrade: from 4 to 16 gig. So, after this glorious update, I booted my computer and clicked the system properties to see how much memory was reported. 14.8 Gb.
Le huh? 1.2 Gb evaporated? Still quite some improvement, but whatever happened to the 1.2 Gb? Local helpdesk: “that’s normal nowadays”.
??
In a second story: I bought another USB stick of 32 Gb. Plugged it in just now, and checked available disk space. 29.8 Gb.
Le poep?!?! 2.2 Gb down the drain??
So guess what:
- 16 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 = 14.9 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
- 32 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 = 29.8 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
This is probably old news to some people, but it’s news to me. It feels like underhanded tactics. I feel robbed!