512mb(4Gb), is this the actual size or is smaller???

[infamous6622]

Is 512mb the actual size, or is it smaller?? for example an ipod 30gb, doesn't have 30gb but roughly 28gb, so i was thinking can you actually hold 4 x 128mb games (e.g resident evil)

[kiddragon]

its a little smaller because of the OS files that are in there.
and i cant tell how much of it is the os files and how much due to bits to bytes conversion

[Aggrocragg]

there are 8 bits in 1 byte. shouldnt be hard to figure out.

[chinese_fury]

So is resident evil 512 mb?

[pte]

Megabit is not the same as MegaByte.

Resident Evil is a 128MB game, 1Gb(it).

A 4Gb cart is 512MegaBytes.

One MegaByte = 1024 bytes but the retarded companies decided that 1MB = 1000 bytes, so that they can market easily and save cash. That is why your 512MB devices are actually less than 512MB.

[chinese_fury]

So then if each 1024b is actually 1000b then you are loosing 24b.
Now say on a 512MB / 4Gb it would be 24b x 4 = 96b lost.

Is this the same when you get a 500GB HDD and there is only 400GB actual space?