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It already does.  :)
This is a FAQ somewhere...  Drive manufacturers quote
their sizes in millions or billions of bytes (10^6 & 10^9
respectively).  Your OS uses 1048576 as "mega" (2^20) and
1073741824 (2^30) for "giga," thus "understating" the drive.
It's kinda misleading marketing-wise - they can quote bigger
numbers I guess.

-kc


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