View Full Version : How many MB's are in a GB?
kaorder1999
06-26-2007, 05:57 PM
Im looing at computers online. Some of the ones I've looked at says 1GB Memory or 2 GB Memory but one I looked at said 2048 MB and one said 1536 MB. Anyone know??
charlesrixey
06-26-2007, 06:01 PM
Originally posted by kaorder1999
Im looing at computers online. Some of the ones I've looked at says 1GB Memory or 2 GB Memory but one I looked at said 2048 MB and one said 153 MB. Anyone know??
a GB is actually 1024 MB
this is because there are 8 bits in a byte
and memory is based on the x2 principle
2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048, 4096
i don't remember the exact reason for this phenomenon (college computer science was a while back) but it is based on that
that's why 64 MB is actually 65536 kilobytes
sinton66
06-26-2007, 07:29 PM
Most numbering systems in computers used hexadecimal which is a sixteen base numbering system. Worked quite well with 8 bit and 16 bit processors.
carter08
06-26-2007, 08:42 PM
Only 1GB of memory?
I have like 20GB's of just music on mycomputer
charlesrixey
06-26-2007, 08:50 PM
Originally posted by carter08
Only 1GB of memory?
I have like 20GB's of just music on mycomputer
he must be referring to RAM, not ROM
Diocletian
06-26-2007, 08:58 PM
here is a great link to check out some basic info on RAM, ROM, ect..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware
if your looking for reccomendations just ask i'm sure there are plenty of decent computer wize posters here who would love to give you some
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