Moin,
i thought tape was the worst.
Tape is the best tested, longest lasting backup media currently
available. There is not enough experience available about how long DVDR
will keep their data, although enough users already have already
reported problems with cheap DVD media (whatever that
--- A.C.T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tape is the best tested, longest lasting backup
media currently
available. There is not enough experience
available about how long DVDR
will keep their data, although enough users
already have already
reported problems with cheap DVD media
(whatever
--- Ian Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But only for short-term use, if you are backing
up much stuff or
archiving then HDs are just going to cost too
much. And would you
really trust it to be uncorrupted when you
connect it up five years
later? Drives are much handier, but also much
with more and more things being sent across
the web, is burning DVDs still important?
if you can stream videos from a web site,
and back up your files on a portable disk,
is it really worth spending another $200 to
get a Superdrive on a Mac?
thanks,
Erik Hansen
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Depends on two things:
how big the files are you want to back up and
how much you want to make video DVDs.
I like backing up my entire home (user) directory periodically and the
SuperDrive facilitates that.
And I REALLY like using iDVD!
My 2 cents.
Marian
On Mar 8, 2004, at 5:06 PM, Erik
On Mar 8, 2004, at 7:06 PM, Erik Hansen wrote:
with more and more things being sent across
the web, is burning DVDs still important?
if you can stream videos from a web site,
and back up your files on a portable disk,
is it really worth spending another $200 to
get a Superdrive on a Mac?
thanks,
--- Marian Petrides [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Depends on two things:
how big the files are you want to back up and
how much you want to make video DVDs.
I like backing up my entire home (user)
directory periodically and the
SuperDrive facilitates that.
i can back up files on an external
