Simple question time. When a software vendor records on their product label the HDD space requirements for their program. . .is that measurement in base2 or base10? I ask this because I honestly don't know. If it's Base10, then at least when it comes to storage I can compare apples to apples and I can just be pissed about having been sold a product that does not have the capacity advertised. [You can sell me all the B/S in the world about why you think Base10 is superior/smarter/better, and my brain will *STILL* compute space in Base2. After over 2 decades, you're not going to get that to change]



*IF*, however, programs and files are still reported in Base2, then not only are you losing space off the top [@ the HDD end] but you're losing space off the other side as well [according to computer, program is bigger than advertised on the label due to Base10 calculation].



And if THAT'S the case, why haven't they standardized it all around???



[Sure, maybe they have. . but I've never heard or seen anything on this argument outside of the HDD sector.



Either way, corporations = money and money = their way, no matter who likes/dislikes their practices. I'd say if you don't like it find another company to do business with, but that's kinda hard when they're all in bed with each other to begin with.