>On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 02:39 PM, JAS wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Allen Barnella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> With Macs now having 40, 60, 80, 100, 120 GB hard drives how are they >>> being backed up? >> Those fortunate backup to SuperDrive DVD's...;-)! >> Lots'a GB on a single disc? Someone may fill in exact spec of a DVD's >> capacity. > >Current DVD-R/RW capacity is 4.7GB per side. Double sided DVD-RAMs hold >9.4GB. > >I have fitted my Rev:D iMac with 120GB HDD but no way to back it up >since this machine does not come with a CD-R/RW. I am thinking of >getting the Pioneer 105 DVD-R/RW and putting it into a firewire case. >That would hopefully allow high capacity backups. > >Meanwhile, for those that have a 20GB iPod, back up to that.
Are you seriously suggesting that someone spend $1500.00 for 3 iPods to back up a 60GB hard disc? What happened to the Iomega Jaz drives (2 GB per disk, IIRC) or other high capacity, reusable media? It is all well and good to glibly say to use DVD-R or even CD-R but both of those have major drawbacks: DVD has the capacity of 2.5 - 4.5 JAZ discs, but is very expensive. CD-R is relatively economical now but has less capacity then ZIP Drives now have. Of course, the latest ZIP Drive is USB2 so it will be as slow as molasses in January on Macs. Has anyone come out with a FireWire to USB2 converter yet? I first used 1.44 MB floppies, then moved on to 21 MB flopticals, then the ZIP. What I'm thinking of doing is to buy an FireWire case, and then a couple of high capacity HD drives. To back up one computer, I'll connect the cables from the case to one of the drives and back it up. I'd then use the other drive to backup my other computer. When I wasn't backing up the computers, the drives would be disconnected from the case. Any reason this would not work? Dennis -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
