Quote Originally Posted by MrDigital View Post
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.

It will be a massive PITA in the printing world...ya you and I know how to convert b10 to b2 and back...but graphic artists dont, and neither do the ancient printers most of them use and the custom conversion programs I've had to write to keep the things humming..

I think I'll recommend most of my printer clients skip this update, which is convenient cuz they are the only ones using macs lol