My Next Computer Purchase...

Banjo said:
I don't need your pity. I just know what I need and what i don't.

I'm not the kind who use a computer just to surf the net and play Farmville 18 hours a day. I have other priorities.
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me either. I use VPN or SSH or online.. which replaces DVD drive.
 
LaurenTTRD said:
According to your statement. *Agree with you* Its really unbelieveable that there's people out there who do farmville as if they're their 40 hours a week job. :roll:
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I tried Farmsville and then I deleted it.
 
Jiro said:
me either. I use VPN or SSH or online.. which replaces DVD drive.
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Eeh. With the amount of data I create, storage backup is pretty much a must. External hard drives, optical discs, etc. Keep in mind that my clients' needs vary.

What you mentioned, they dont' meet my standards. Like I said, my clients' needs vary. Instant access is also a priority. So if this means optical disc, USB storage, etc. So be it. The internet will not be my first choice. If I go to an area with nothing but dial-up internet, forget it. I'll rather rely on physical storage.
 
Banjo said:
Eeh. With the amount of data I create, storage backup is pretty much a must. External hard drives, optical discs, etc. Keep in mind that my clients' needs vary.

What you mentioned, they dont' meet my standards. Like I said, my clients' needs vary. Instant access is also a priority. So if this means optical disc, USB storage, etc. So be it. The internet will not be my first choice. If I go to an area with nothing but dial-up internet, forget it. I'll rather rely on physical storage.
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yea I understand. But for AquaBlue - he does not need it. I'm just pointing out that for normal use - you do not need DVD drive.
 
Banjo said:
Eeh. With the amount of data I create, storage backup is pretty much a must. External hard drives, optical discs, etc. Keep in mind that my clients' needs vary.

What you mentioned, they dont' meet my standards. Like I said, my clients' needs vary. Instant access is also a priority. So if this means optical disc, USB storage, etc. So be it. The internet will not be my first choice. If I go to an area with nothing but dial-up internet, forget it. I'll rather rely on physical storage.
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Back-up on External hard drives is better than DVD. HDD is cheap than DVD by price per GB.

I don't think Apple's time machine will work with optical disc so optical disc is pointless.
 
The Highlander said:
Back-up on External hard drives is better than DVD. HDD is cheap than DVD by price per GB.

I don't think Apple's time machine will work with optical disc so optical disc is pointless.
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no. the DVD is for his clients.
 
Jiro said:
no. the DVD is for his clients.
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Correct. I sometimes use it for backup too as well. External hard drives is an ideal way of backing up all your works, but I wouldn't limit to just that.

Hard drives can and do fail. So can DVDs, especially if there's an air leak in it. You have to keep your options open.
 
Banjo said:
Correct. I sometimes use it for backup too as well. External hard drives is an ideal way of backing up all your works, but I wouldn't limit to just that.

Hard drives can and do fail. So can DVDs, especially if there's an air leak in it. You have to keep your options open.
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That's why there is RAID 1 or RAID 5 EHDD for.
 
The Highlander said:
Back-up on External hard drives is better than DVD. HDD is cheap than DVD by price per GB.

I don't think Apple's time machine will work with optical disc so optical disc is pointless.
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I don't use Time Machine. It takes up too much space. In all these years of working on computers, I've never needed a system restore nor the time machine.
 
The Highlander said:
So? I recommended client to use EHDD over DVD. Some of customers have over 80 gb of data for business and DVD still useless again.
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eh? what in the world are you talking about?
 
Banjo said:
Correct. I sometimes use it for backup too as well. External hard drives is an ideal way of backing up all your works, but I wouldn't limit to just that.

Hard drives can and do fail. So can DVDs, especially if there's an air leak in it. You have to keep your options open.
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that's why I have 4+ hdd just for back-up only :eek3:
 
Banjo said:
I don't use Time Machine. It takes up too much space. In all these years of working on computers, I've never needed a system restore nor the time machine.
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same because I don't have 1000 programs.
 
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I use DVDs to store digital photos, USB flash drives for my files.
 
The Highlander said:
Sound like you worry too much over HDD fail and use DVD for backup as you can. I guess you never heard of RAID 1/RAID5 before.

The RAID 1 or RAID 5 are fault tolerance.
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Um, I am pretty familiar with RAID. However, I don't need them. In fact, you are making a bad recommendation.
 
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