tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post9210477441867856153..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: New ComputersJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-15512095915294353822016-08-23T20:57:19.219-04:002016-08-23T20:57:19.219-04:00it's not the cost of the computer but the cost...it's not the cost of the computer but the cost of all of the software that you have to update. I still have a Tandy 1000 in the box with the memory up grade.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11545659766869085539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-57450469371377210842016-08-23T15:07:47.552-04:002016-08-23T15:07:47.552-04:00This is some good info. Now I just need to be able...This is some good info. Now I just need to be able to digest it, understand it, and act on it.John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-42723397045650900392016-08-23T15:07:16.971-04:002016-08-23T15:07:16.971-04:00I thought I was in heaven with my 20 MB hardcard. ...I thought I was in heaven with my 20 MB hardcard. No more switching 5.25" floppies in and out of the dual drives. I still have those floppies somewhere.John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-44308101905571634102016-08-23T11:40:01.774-04:002016-08-23T11:40:01.774-04:00Heh. As I was telling a nephew last week, I once ...Heh. As I was telling a nephew last week, I once spent two full (pre-tax) paychecks on a 40 MB hard drive for my first PC (a Columbia transportable). How would I EVER fill up 40 MB?Fidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623013337654868540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-61617859018409370372016-08-22T23:22:41.001-04:002016-08-22T23:22:41.001-04:00I enjoy having a computer on my desk that is value...I enjoy having a computer on my desk that is valued at about 1.5 million dollars (in 1988 money, that is, when we were paying $500 for a meg of RAM and $1,000 for a one GIG HD)Jack Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121039758282021076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-42092274227911821772016-08-22T17:59:01.738-04:002016-08-22T17:59:01.738-04:00And common sense, don't forget that! :-) They ...And common sense, don't forget that! :-) They knew the old school, elegant ways of doing the math too!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-9809095382464915772016-08-22T17:50:51.734-04:002016-08-22T17:50:51.734-04:00And common sense, don't forget that! :-) They ...And common sense, don't forget that! :-) They knew the old school, elegant ways of doing the math too!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-41297686304998283142016-08-22T14:22:29.459-04:002016-08-22T14:22:29.459-04:00Clonezilla. Learn it, love it, it's freeClonezilla. Learn it, love it, it's freeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464932710226200565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-391466952362483082016-08-22T13:25:01.321-04:002016-08-22T13:25:01.321-04:00This is always an endeavor that fosters a love / h...This is always an endeavor that fosters a love / hate relationship. The shiny new hardware and software combination promise to make your life better and easier, but often times the new bells and whistles suck up more of your time, to save your time. Funny that... <br /><br />Apple does a pretty good job of making computer upgrades fairly simple with their computer’s “Time Machine” backup and restore capability and “migration assistant”. It quite literally makes your computer like a Cylon ! When the old one dies, it’s just reborn with upgraded hardware / software. if migration assistant gives you static, @pple support can sort it out. It not only preserves your files, but the permissions, change date, profiles, printer and network connections. it’s pretty well thought out.<br /><br />if you have important files that you can’t afford to lose, a network drive with RAID 5 or RAID 1/0 is a good choice. You can migrate data to the network addressable storage (NAS for short) and even if your computer suddenly departs the earthly realm in a smoking heap, you still have your data. RAID disk arrays give you “fault tolerance”. You lose a disk, you replace the disk, rather than lose your data too. Hard drives have a relatively short life expectancy, about 3-5 years. Anything more than 3 years is a gift. I’ve had them last years longer, but this is borrowed time. I’ve yet to kill an SSD, but they too do eventually fail. <br /><br />I personally do not like losing data, so my strategy is: 1) nightly full hard disk clone to a bootable device. 2) hourly @pple time machine backups to 2x 6TB NAS. This is faster than mirroring or replicating the backup to the 2nd device and easier from a computer management perspective. This puts my important data in 4 places. <br />I can still remember that sinking feeling the day my first computer died. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com