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Monday, November 16, 2009

PC vs MAC?

9 to 5 Mac is reporting on the newest figures on Mac ownership in the U.S. It says that 12% of households with computers have a Mac,up from 9% in 2008.

But the really interesting factoid is that the overwhelming majority of that 12% of Mac-owning homes also have a Windows machine.
Seems there is very little reason not to be bi-platform. They can share nearly everything you might want to share, from MP3s to Word documents to a printer.

For all their differences, OS X and Windows, are similar enough that moving between them isn’t much more complex than owning a Mazda and a Chevy and driving both!
What do you think?

Online Storage - Free

Why Use an Online Storage Service?

If you’ve ever lost a disk or jump drive, or had your computer crash and important files vaporized, you know the benefit of having a backup of your files. Online storage services allow you to backup your files on the Internet where they are safe and easily accessed.

Protect your important files from natural disasters, like fires and floods, from computer threats, like viruses, from theft, being lost or broken and other hazards.

Share your files with friends family or the world. Online storage services make sharing easy and secure.

Access your files anytime and anywhere. Never get caught without an important file again. With an online storage service, you can access your files from any computer with an Internet connection.

There are many on-line storage services available. One I have found and use is called ADrive. This program allows you to store 50GB for free. go to www.adrive.com for more information or Google online storage to read about other choices.

Which is larger a Gigabyte or a Megabyte? or a Terabyte?

1 Kilobyte (KB) is 1000 bytes.

1 Megabyte (MB) is 1000 Kilobytes.

1 Gigabyte (GB) is 1000 Megabytes.

1 Terabyte (TB) is 1000 Gigabytes.

1 Petabyte (PB) is 1000 Terabytes.


So to answer the question:

64MB is roughly 64,000,000 bytes, and 1GB is roughly 1,000,000,000 bytes. So, 1GB is larger