Gil Amelio got pretty far along in high-level talks with M$ about using NT as the future platform for the Mac. Apple engineers even met with M$ engineers to discuss the details of what that switch would entail. Luckily, Amelio ended up not doing this, and the rest is history.
Anyone have any ideas on how to back up 1TB in a home environment? i.e., not $3000 tape drives & $200 tapes
I likewise have lots of data... over 1TB in my home+office environment. Long ago, I started doing tiered backups since I couldn't afford to buy a backup system that was fast enough to maintain multiple copies of all my data. So I categorize things into three different priorities.
Priority 0 is work in progress and critical data (financial, personal, etc), which is backed up daily and rotated offsite ~weekly. I just finished transitioning from DAT to DVD-R for this.
Priority 1 is my music library and other media files I've collected over time. This is backed up incrementally daily, but doesn't change much (so there's usually not much to do in 1 day). I back this up to removable hard disks.
Priority 2 is archived work and other stuff, or files that I *could* live without (I've actually lost priority 2 data due to HD failures). I periodically go through this manually and archive things (and then take them offline). The only disadvantage here is that I have to move the archives forward to new media every so often, which usually further forces a reduction in data.;-) It's like moving to a new apt/house -- you quickly find out what's valuable to you.
At first I thought it would be hard to choose which priority to assign to which file, but picking priorities levels carefully helped immensely. The upside is that I have backups of everything I care about, and offsite backups of really critical stuff.
Let's see, first there's Mom. She's had three computers in the last 16 years; the first was a Mac SE from 1987-1997, for the last several years running System 6.x without MultiFinder. She wanted "the Internet" so we got one of the original iMacs for her, and it's still going fine. Minimal tech support from me on both of these. Then for the third computer, she bought (without consulting me, the person she depends on for support) an iBook (clamshell model) right *after* the new white iBooks came out. She wanted Airport, she got it (she *does* love it). But then later she wasted a lot of time when her ISP's dial-in number changed, and she tried to call the ISP to have them help her but... they/she didn't understand Airport, so a 1-minute procedure took several hours, and I had to fix it later. All-in-all, not too bad for 16 years I guess.
Dad is way more proficient, and started using a DOS-based PC 20+ years ago -- before I was old enough to be able to support him. For the last 10 years, he's relied on a local screwdriver shop to keep his Wintel hardware and software more or less current, and he doesn't fool with the OS or installed software at all. Then my brother has used various Macs over time, and has really had no problems.
Billy must be going license-crazy! I heard a radio ad for this "Licensing Event" this morning. I couldn't believe my ears. I mean, a meeting to discuss your Microsoft software's license status, and how to migrate licenses, etc, etc. In the radio ad, they even mentioned that they will help you make sure your licenses are all up-to-date. Yeah right - give me a break.
That's why the article mentions that the drive is late, and was supposed to be shipping now instead of 2000. IBM is still behind Seagate in the high end, a (small) source of embarassment to IBM.
Well, Apple has listened before. For example, when they came out with a new version of AppleShare IP (v6.2) earlier this year, they wanted to charge the same price ($499) for upgrades as for a new copy. Customers cried out, and Apple dropped the upgrade charge altogether.
http://www1.macintouch.com/asip62up.html
It was just another of those boneheaded moves that seem to happen to every company.
I hope they package it like the "CPU" from the movie "The Terminator." You remember: the little cluster of chips arranged in a grid. After all, that was a "learning computer" too.;-)
I practice speed reading zooming past all the comments every article gets. I'm now proficient at "uploading" only the relevant information into my brain. I know this isn't dense, technical info. No matter how fast you can read, if you literally don't understand a concept, or can't grasp it, reading faster won't help. Like this comment itself.:-)
The most important thing I've learned about installing new or unfamiliar operating systems is not to get discouraged by how it goes the first time. An old saying sums it up best: "You won't know what you did wrong the first time until you've reinstalled N times" where N is an integer usually between 10 and 20. As an added benefit, you will often learn a great deal (if you're patient) in the process. Why do you think nerds "have no life"? It's all the time they spend re-re-re-installing.
As a Playstation gamer, I should inform you that the Connectix VGS emulator is the same speed as the "real" thing. It has tight requirements though - only original-G3 PowerMacs with ATI video cards.
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Gil Amelio got pretty far along in high-level talks with M$ about using NT as the future platform for the Mac. Apple engineers even met with M$ engineers to discuss the details of what that switch would entail. Luckily, Amelio ended up not doing this, and the rest is history.
Gates threatened to pull Windows off the market in 2002: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,95904,00 .asp
I see that Varg Vikernes was snagged by Forbes' trolling for readership... Oh well. :-/
Anyone have any ideas on how to back up 1TB in a home environment? i.e., not $3000 tape drives & $200 tapes
I likewise have lots of data ... over 1TB in my home+office environment. Long ago, I started doing tiered backups since I couldn't afford to buy a backup system that was fast enough to maintain multiple copies of all my data. So I categorize things into three different priorities.
Priority 0 is work in progress and critical data (financial, personal, etc), which is backed up daily and rotated offsite ~weekly. I just finished transitioning from DAT to DVD-R for this.
Priority 1 is my music library and other media files I've collected over time. This is backed up incrementally daily, but doesn't change much (so there's usually not much to do in 1 day). I back this up to removable hard disks.
Priority 2 is archived work and other stuff, or files that I *could* live without (I've actually lost priority 2 data due to HD failures). I periodically go through this manually and archive things (and then take them offline). The only disadvantage here is that I have to move the archives forward to new media every so often, which usually further forces a reduction in data. ;-) It's like moving to a new apt/house -- you quickly find out what's valuable to you.
At first I thought it would be hard to choose which priority to assign to which file, but picking priorities levels carefully helped immensely. The upside is that I have backups of everything I care about, and offsite backups of really critical stuff.
Anyway, hope this helps....
Let's see, first there's Mom. She's had three computers in the last 16 years; the first was a Mac SE from 1987-1997, for the last several years running System 6.x without MultiFinder. She wanted "the Internet" so we got one of the original iMacs for her, and it's still going fine. Minimal tech support from me on both of these. Then for the third computer, she bought (without consulting me, the person she depends on for support) an iBook (clamshell model) right *after* the new white iBooks came out. She wanted Airport, she got it (she *does* love it). But then later she wasted a lot of time when her ISP's dial-in number changed, and she tried to call the ISP to have them help her but... they/she didn't understand Airport, so a 1-minute procedure took several hours, and I had to fix it later. All-in-all, not too bad for 16 years I guess.
;-)
Dad is way more proficient, and started using a DOS-based PC 20+ years ago -- before I was old enough to be able to support him. For the last 10 years, he's relied on a local screwdriver shop to keep his Wintel hardware and software more or less current, and he doesn't fool with the OS or installed software at all. Then my brother has used various Macs over time, and has really had no problems.
OK, enough rambling.
Billy must be going license-crazy! I heard a radio ad for this "Licensing Event" this morning. I couldn't believe my ears. I mean, a meeting to discuss your Microsoft software's license status, and how to migrate licenses, etc, etc. In the radio ad, they even mentioned that they will help you make sure your licenses are all up-to-date. Yeah right - give me a break.
I love Slashdot, but CT & Hemos, you look like idiots bumbling your way through explaining why we should pay to keep you employed. No sale.
What about logging for the firewall? Any way to write logs to a separate machine over a serial connection (or something) while halted?
In Rod We Trust.
What? It's just a LIST? Where's the beef?
Oh c'mon, Canada. You can do better!
That's why the article mentions that the drive is late, and was supposed to be shipping now instead of 2000. IBM is still behind Seagate in the high end, a (small) source of embarassment to IBM.
Well, Apple has listened before. For example, when they came out with a new version of AppleShare IP (v6.2) earlier this year, they wanted to charge the same price ($499) for upgrades as for a new copy. Customers cried out, and Apple dropped the upgrade charge altogether.
http://www1.macintouch.com/asip62up.html
It was just another of those boneheaded moves that seem to happen to every company.
-eo
I hope they package it like the "CPU" from the movie "The Terminator." You remember: the little cluster of chips arranged in a grid. After all, that was a "learning computer" too. ;-)
-eo
I'm listening to KMFDM while reading these comments about cracking Microshaft vs LinuxPPC. It "owns" you. The best music by which to read comments. :-)
A little too popular. Or maybe just the usual /. effect.
whee!
I practice speed reading zooming past all the comments every article gets. I'm now proficient at "uploading" only the relevant information into my brain. I know this isn't dense, technical info. No matter how fast you can read, if you literally don't understand a concept, or can't grasp it, reading faster won't help. Like this comment itself. :-)
Over and out.
Rob,
:)
Nice job. I love it! Some much faster on my lame computer.
This rules!
Yup.
w00t!
The most important thing I've learned about installing new or unfamiliar operating systems is not to get discouraged by how it goes the first time. An old saying sums it up best: "You won't know what you did wrong the first time until you've reinstalled N times" where N is an integer usually between 10 and 20. As an added benefit, you will often learn a great deal (if you're patient) in the process. Why do you think nerds "have no life"? It's all the time they spend re-re-re-installing.
As a Playstation gamer, I should inform you that the Connectix VGS emulator is the same speed as the "real" thing. It has tight requirements though - only original-G3 PowerMacs with ATI video cards.