Comment on Apple reveals M3 Ultra, taking Apple silicon to a new extreme
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 days agoOK, fine, all the world might say whatever it wants, but my units are powers of 2.
Comment on Apple reveals M3 Ultra, taking Apple silicon to a new extreme
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 days agoOK, fine, all the world might say whatever it wants, but my units are powers of 2.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I prefer it too, but just because “gibibyte” is a stupid word doesn’t mean it’s fine to go against standards.
scratchee@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Agreed, but do you pick the de-facto standard of the entire industry (minus storage advertising) or the de joure standard of an outside body that has made a very slight headway into a very resistant industry.
The reality is that people will be confused no matter what you do, but at least less people will be confused if you ignore the mibibyte, because less people have even heard of it
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
You pick neither, and enforce correct usage of both in advertised products.
scratchee@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Agreed, I’d be entirely fine with legal enforcement of the ISO definitions in advertising, no need to air historical dirty laundry outside the profession