If I had a mini I would much prefer a stackable HD solution over the iPod Photo. The LaCie is great because the vertical tabs help stabilize the mini which gets a little silly when you spin up the media drive. There are several others, HD's are HD's. If you need to download digital images in the field the iPod Photo offers that capability. I would prefer carrying additional cards. One lost or stolen iPod and you're out of business.
As mentioned, if the DVD is not working, get on it ASAP...jf On Nov 6, 2005, at 7:10 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote: > I am wondering what the best way to back up my system > is. I have a mac mini and have about 10,000 photos > and some iTunes songs I would want backed up. For > some reason, my DVD burner that is built in is not > working for backing up the data. Any thoughts about > an external hard drive (which ones are good and at > what price)? Or, can I buy one of those cool new 5th > gen iPods to use as back up??? Or, do they compress > the files further? > > Thoughts, experience appreciated! > > Stuart > > PS- THe storm last night made me think about this as > more of an urgent matter. No computer problems, but > you never know when that will happen! > > Louisville At-home Dads (L.A.D.s) > Bringing together stay-at-home fathers, their children and their > families. > 502-426-5376 > LouisvilleLADS-owner at yahoogroups.com > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2102 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20051106/aacc243a/attachment.bin
