Don't confuse with number written for easily understand by everybody and number actually used in technical. The 1 GB = 10^9 is written that way because it's nice to the eye than written as 2^30.
If I'm a buyer, I will enjoy reading 10^9 than 2^30.
If I'm a buyer, I will enjoy reading 10^9 than 2^30.
Quote from jprad:
Disk capacity (on the drive) is based on power of 10 even if your OS is reporting it in power of 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive#Capacity_measurements