Units

Since this is a very old application it still uses the classic SI prefixes (e.g. 1 MB = 1024 KB). At the good old time (1980's - 1990's) everybody who had to do with computers (including DAUs) knew that there is something with 1024 ... and not 1000 ... even SI prefixes like Kilo, Mega etc. was used!

But then there where some smart guys who said: 1 MEGABYTE is 1.000.000 Bytes and not 1.048.576 (1024x1024) ... RRRrrr...!

So the invented a new unit called Mebibyte using new stupid prefixes ...

So, if you see today somewhere GB it maybe means GB or GiB ... NARF!

For example if you buy blank DVDs a lot of manufacturers claim 4,7 GB ... For IT specialists this is real pain. Each IT specialist and a lot of users knowing the 1024 factor ... But it means: 4,4 GiB ... But it looks better when there is a bigger number on the label? If you buy a 1 TB (Terra Byte) hard-disk it is not really 1 TB ... bigger numbers sells better ... This opens doors for manufactures to confuse customers ... There should be always the information if GB uses 1024 or the stupid 1000 Mebibyte non-sense so that customers are able to know what they buy...

Even I really hate that Mebibyte non-sense I maybe support the new units in a future version of WDrives. But in that case I'll support a classic mode which uses the 1024 factor for MB ;-)

Btw, the spell-checker which I used does not know Mebibyte, MiB etc. ;o)