> > I found having to plug & unplug the external drive and dock every > day to be a pain. Like you, I'm using another machine as my backup > server, and it turned out to be easier for me to just keep the iPod > dock plugged in there as well. When I get home, I pop the iPod in > the dock on my desk and don't have to connect anything to my main > laptop. If I want to use it with my stereo, that laptop is > connected all of the time, so all I have to do is fire up iTunes > and Party Shuffle with ARD, I don't even have to walk over to the > desk. > > But that's just my personal preference - I don't like constantly > disconnecting and reconnecting things from my main laptop, and I > really really don't want to be tethered to the desk for the drive. > exactly! btw, what is your "other" machine? alexandre :: 17" 1.5ghz powerbook / 1.5gb / 80gb / X.4.4 ::