I washed my son's Ipod yesterday.

[docellis]

http://cgi.ebay.com/120GB-2-5-External- ... dZViewItem

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Don't even need to go to off brands and/or eBay.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... GB+-+200GB

[docellis]

Don't even need to go to off brands and/or eBay.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... GB+-+200GB

I am not going to go and check but I am pretty sure the ebay one for "buy it now" at $89 was a 120 gb samsung

[maddash]

You can find a nice 500 GB drive for around $150. Storage is just so freaking cheap these days.

The brands I like are Fantom, Maxtor, LaCie, and Western Digital - although I'd avoid the really small models, you just don't get the air flow you need in the small models and you're more likely to move them while the drive is still spinning.

A 500GB Fantom can be had for $140. They also sell models with firewire for a little bit more.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=136

I always recommend that people put all their important info on a drive like this and keep it near the door, or in a fire safe. You might lose your house to a fire or whatever, but at least you'll have all the info you'll ever need on a drive you can easily take with you.

[cardinalkarp]

You can find a nice 500 GB drive for around $150. Storage is just so freaking cheap these days.

The brands I like are Fantom, Maxtor, LaCie, and Western Digital - although I'd avoid the really small models, you just don't get the air flow you need in the small models and you're more likely to move them while the drive is still spinning.

A 500GB Fantom can be had for $140. They also sell models with firewire for a little bit more.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=136

I always recommend that people put all their important info on a drive like this and keep it near the door, or in a fire safe. You might lose your house to a fire or whatever, but at least you'll have all the info you'll ever need on a drive you can easily take with you.

Is it just me or am I the only one that doesn't keep alot of important info on my computer?

[ThatGuy]

120 GB for $150? Where did you get it?

Directly from the Apple store.

It appears there were better deals out there, however.

[docellis]

Is it just me or am I the only one that doesn't keep alot of important info on my computer?

I should probably keep more stuff (scanned copies of my mortgage note, title to my car etc) but the stuff that I was glad I didn't lose when my computer broke was stuff like scanned photos of me and my family at Disney Land when I was 8 years old, a college paper I wrote, ads I had created, and of course, the mp3's.

[jim]

You can find a nice 500 GB drive for around $150. Storage is just so freaking cheap these days.

The brands I like are Fantom, Maxtor, LaCie, and Western Digital - although I'd avoid the really small models, you just don't get the air flow you need in the small models and you're more likely to move them while the drive is still spinning.

A 500GB Fantom can be had for $140. They also sell models with firewire for a little bit more.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=136

I always recommend that people put all their important info on a drive like this and keep it near the door, or in a fire safe. You might lose your house to a fire or whatever, but at least you'll have all the info you'll ever need on a drive you can easily take with you.

Is it just me or am I the only one that doesn't keep alot of important info on my computer?

I keep nothing important on my computer. Computers are not trust worthy enough to do that. After 22 years of working with them I've seen enough to know not to trust them.

[cardinalkarp]

You can find a nice 500 GB drive for around $150. Storage is just so freaking cheap these days.

The brands I like are Fantom, Maxtor, LaCie, and Western Digital - although I'd avoid the really small models, you just don't get the air flow you need in the small models and you're more likely to move them while the drive is still spinning.

A 500GB Fantom can be had for $140. They also sell models with firewire for a little bit more.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=136

I always recommend that people put all their important info on a drive like this and keep it near the door, or in a fire safe. You might lose your house to a fire or whatever, but at least you'll have all the info you'll ever need on a drive you can easily take with you.

Is it just me or am I the only one that doesn't keep alot of important info on my computer?

I keep nothing important on my computer. Computers are not trust worthy enough to do that. After 22 years of working with them I've seen enough to know not to trust them.

That's kind of how I feel as well.

[maddash]

You can find a nice 500 GB drive for around $150. Storage is just so freaking cheap these days.

The brands I like are Fantom, Maxtor, LaCie, and Western Digital - although I'd avoid the really small models, you just don't get the air flow you need in the small models and you're more likely to move them while the drive is still spinning.

A 500GB Fantom can be had for $140. They also sell models with firewire for a little bit more.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=136

I always recommend that people put all their important info on a drive like this and keep it near the door, or in a fire safe. You might lose your house to a fire or whatever, but at least you'll have all the info you'll ever need on a drive you can easily take with you.

Is it just me or am I the only one that doesn't keep alot of important info on my computer?

I keep nothing important on my computer. Computers are not trust worthy enough to do that. After 22 years of working with them I've seen enough to know not to trust them.

I'm not saying to only keep things on a external drive, but they're perfect for a backup that you can easily take with you in an emergency. God forbid your house catches fire, you're not exactly going to get that filing cabinet out the door in time - and if it's not fire proof, which it probably isn't, every document you own is going up in flames. Now, the chances of your external drive failing is probably a lot more than your house catching fire, but as long as the drive is just a backup you're doing fine.