[X4U] Leopard Features

[B. Kuestner]

> Think this will put Dantz outta business?

I don't think so, but they will definitely feel the impact.

Let's get the technical details first: Can Time Machine handle  
backups to optical media. If so, how well does it handle CDs, DVD_R, - 
_RW, -RAM, HD-DVD and BD? Tape drives (thinking about businesses)?  
Laptops that have only one drive attached most of the time? How  
configurable is it to really make everybody happy.

But I'm excited about Time Machine. Finally Apple does something  
about what is most valuable to the user: his/her data. I have always  
found it a shame that they do not offer even the simplest backup  
application with OS X, unless you resort to the Terminal or subscribe  
to .Mac. I think that backup is a much more critical part of the OS  
than, say, including iChat. All the demoed Time Machine features  
immediately remind of the features that are possible with ZFS, Sun's  
next-generation filesystem: Versioning, "backups" across multiple  
drives. There was one indication that Apple had interest in porting  
ZFS to the Mac. After that, all quiet. But given Apple's  
communication policy, maybe that quietness plus the demonstration of  
Time Machine is a good sign. From the text on the Apple page it looks  
less like ZFS, actually, but more like a traditional file syncing  
solution. We'll see.

Björn