You're needlessly diluting the meaning of words and making them context-dependent. You create problems at the boundaries, like when 1 GHz faces off with 1 "GB".

You're needlessly diluting the meaning of words and making them context-dependent. You create problems at the boundaries, like when 1 GHz faces off with 1 "GB". You're helping to undo the unification of definitions that SI strives for. You're doing this in the name of keeping tradition - which is exactly how we end up with messes like US Customary units. P.S. Don't forget how "1.44 MB" floppy disks are neither MB nor MiB; their definition is MB = 1024000 bytes. This free-for-all benefits no one. Hard drive manufacturers were right, RAM was wrong.