Megabytes to Gigabytes

There are $1,024$ Megabytes in one Gigabyte. This tool uses this binary standard to match how Windows and Linux report file sizes.

Manufacturers use decimal ($1,000$MB = $1$GB), but computers use binary ($1,024$MB = $1$GB). This difference causes the reported capacity to look smaller on screen.

Almost. $512$ MB is exactly half of a binary Gigabyte, whereas $500$ MB is about $0.488$ GB.