Comments on: Attention Trekkies: Roddenberry’s Mac on auction block

By: Warpig

Warpig — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:27:16 +0000

Computer memory is binary.1 megabyte = 2^20 bytes = 1,048,5761 gigabyte = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,8241000 * 1 megabyte = 1,048,576,0001 megabyte * 1000 1 gigabyteI’ll give you one gigabyte in your dollars if you give me one gigabyte in mine.William is right. If you want people to use the correct term you need to speak up when they’re incorrect.

By: Curtis W. Rendon

Curtis W. Rendon — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:00:56 +0000

Only non techs will use the newly minted mebibyte.Those of us who invented the lingo will continue to use mega, giga, terra, penta, and kilo bytes.

By: John

John — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:44:00 +0000

1 gigabyte = 10^9 bytes, 1 megabyte = 10^6 bytes. A gigabyte is 1,000 megabytes. The Mac came with a mebibyte of RAM. Most modern computers come with a gibibyte (+) of RAM. 2^30 is called a gibibyte and 2^20 is called a mebibyte. 1024 mebibytes = 1 gibibytesIf someone were to correct the author I would think it should be over the incorrect use of the term megabyte instead of mebibyte. But then again, nobody uses the correct term. Why people choose to incorrectly correct the author for incorrect relationships when clearly the relationships stated are technically correct (if incorrect as commonly but improperly used) but the terms are incorrect. I don’t get it?

By: Chester Drawers

Chester Drawers — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:33:46 +0000

Be cool if Roddenberry’s Mac had a collection of authentic ‘Vargas’ drawings in digital form like appeared in old issues of ‘Playboy’.

By: punch_drunk

punch_drunk — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:15:29 +0000

william is correct. 1MB = 1024^2 bytes while 1GB = 1024^3 bytes. this means 1GB is 1024 times bigger than 1MB.

By: Raven

Raven — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:22:08 +0000

Being a Trekkie and a tech geek, this is cool. Im gonna be bidding on this for sure.

By: camroncamera

camroncamera — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:43:13 +0000

“Computer?”"Computer.”"Hello Computer?”"Keyboard. How quaint.”-Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, USS Enterprise NCC-1701

By: Merrill Grinch

Merrill Grinch — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:49:23 +0000

Let us never forget how revolutionary those early Macs were. I distinctly remember my jaw hitting the floor upon my first glimpse of MacPaint! Well worth the 1200 bucks today.

By: pcguru

pcguru — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:48:25 +0000

1024K is 1MB of ram. 1024MB is 1GB of ram. William…the author is correct. KB, MB, and GB are usually in 1024 denominations. No one uses the incorrect statement that 1000kb is 1MB. Look it up.

By: interval

interval — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:10:35 +0000

The picture implies the old gal still lights up. It would be cool to find an original, previously unknown script or story line on the drive.