F-13-Beta Live images are > 700Mib

[drago01]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:59 PM, David Zeuthen <davidz at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 13:21 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 09:50 -0400, James Laska wrote:
>>
>> > So the new size limit for desktop live images will be 1G or 1Gib?
>>
>> 1GiB.  2^30, not 10^9.
>
> Why? It seems backwards to use 1GiB instead of 1GB - most 1GB USB sticks
> only hold 1GB, not 1GiB. And the whole point of this excursion was to
> fit on 1GB USB sticks. Well, one of the points anyway.
>
> Anyway, it still seems to me that these two statements are still true
>
>  a) 2GB sticks are not really more expensive than 1GB sticks
>    (see list archives for other people seconding this impression)

Not speaking for the whole world of course but here in Austria finding
a 1GB stick seems hard (only one listed on a big price comparison
site).

It costs 6.50 € while the cheapest 2GB costs 6.70 € ... so 1GB sticks
are basically dead here.