I'm not sure why so many people are up in arms over this. I really don't mind the base-10 change. The IEEE made the change as did other standards bodies, so we might as well get on with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541
Kilo means 1000 in everything else in life except computers, where it means 1024. It's base-2 that's the problem here, not base-10.
About the only place this is a problem is the fact that Windows and *nix haven't done it yet, so file sizes will appear different when you're transferring files.
edit: As a matter of fact, if Apple does allow you to change between base-10 and base-2 I certainly hope they follow standards and make sure base-2 says KiB and MiB so that you know which mode you're in.
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