[G4] new hard drive issue

[Keith Whaley]

Jim Pacyga wrote:

> Just as a point of interest - if you wanted to backup your whole 80Gb 
> drive, the cost would not be all that great - check out 
> http://pricewatch.com and you will see that 80 gb drives are not all 
> that expensive anymore.  The price difference between a 20, 40 and 80 is 
> not all that significant.

True. but since I only have 6+ GB on board now, and will probably never 
exceed 10 to 15 GB ever, I see no advantage in buying a drive capable of 
a full 80 GB transfer, as most of it would be empty space!
A dozen apples in a bushel basket!
So, I'll end up buying a 40 GB drive, most probably.

I do appreciate the URL for pricewatch.

Thanks,  keith

> On 11 Jun 2004, at 05:52, Joseph B. Gurman wrote:
> 
>>     Keith Whaley wrote:
>>
>>> Slightly different flavor of hard drive question, but I do need an 
>>> answer...
>>>
>>> I have a 2002 Power Mac G4 tower, OS 10.2.8, 80 GB H.D.
>>>
>>> For backup purposes, I still need something to receive the data -- like
>>> another H.D.
>>> Since I only have something like 6 GB of total data on the existing H.D.
>>> and the likelihood of ever surpassing even 10 GB is very slim, is it
>>> feasible to back up what content/data I do have on a 20 or 40 or 60 
>>> GB H.D.?
>>> Or must the receiving H.D. be at least as big as the drive being 
>>> backed up?

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