I mean, a terabyte? holy shit that's a lot of data. Since the average HD movie is a couple of gigs, that's like 500 movies....or a couple of million emails......
As I said, my life is in my computer. Now, it's also saved on my external HD.I mean, a terabyte? holy shit that's a lot of data. Since the average HD movie is a couple of gigs, that's like 500 movies....or a couple of million emails......
***As I said, my life is in my computer. Now, it's also saved on my external HD.
Not that I know anything about apple products or pricing but supposedly at apple.ca there are supposed to be black friday sales on laptops......As I said, my life is in my computer. Now, it's also saved on my external HD.
Oh. Thanks for the advice, didn't think about that. Unplugged the HD.***
One word of advice. Do not keep the external HD hooked up to the computer or the wall socket. Any virus or power surge will go to your back up and make it useless. Mine is only hooked up when I require retrieval or wish to do a backup and after a virus scan.
I also use LaCie but a smaller drive than yours.
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I did. Only the MacBook Pro was on sale. But with my student discount, the MacBook (with the same specs) was still significantly cheaper than the Pro.Not that I know anything about apple products or pricing but supposedly at apple.ca there are supposed to be black friday sales on laptops......
Might want to check it out.....
To add to this, its also worth the effort to get yourself a good power bar that has surge protection (ones for home entertainment systems work good too), or a battery backup surge protector if you want to get fancy.***
One word of advice. Do not keep the external HD hooked up to the computer or the wall socket. Any virus or power surge will go to your back up and make it useless. Mine is only hooked up when I require retrieval or wish to do a backup and after a virus scan.
I also use LaCie but a smaller drive than yours.
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To add to this, its also worth the effort to get yourself a good power bar that has surge protection
OK. Questions:To add to this, its also worth the effort to get yourself a good power bar that has surge protection (ones for home entertainment systems work good too), or a battery backup surge protector if you want to get fancy.
The power surges Toughb talks about could also fry your shinny new computer too. Be safe $75 to protect $3000.
OK. So just to make sure I got it right: as long as my computer is plugged into the power surge protection bar, I'm fine, and it doesn't matter if the surge protector is plugged into an extension cord which is plugged into a splitter which is plugged in the wall socket. Do I have it right?Well, from what I gather you plug your computer into an extension cord and that cord goes into a splitter and then into the wall?
The surge protector would go between your computer and your extension cord or you can plug the extension cord for the computer into it. The extension cord doesn't negate the protection if that is what you're asking.
Just make sure you get one that is high enough wattage to handle everything (router, modem, computer). If it is over 1000 watts you should be fine.
I'd just plug the surge protection unit to the wall socket and then all the rest of the cords/plugs to the surge protector. There's typically six sockets on a surge protector - that way everything is covered by the surge protector.OK. So just to make sure I got it right: as long as my computer is plugged into the power surge protection bar, I'm fine, and it doesn't matter if the surge protector is plugged into an extension cord which is plugged into a splitter which is plugged in the wall socket. Do I have it right?
The only problem with that is she may over do the capabilities of the power bar with things like lamps etc. It is better to just plug all the computer related stuff into the power bar.I'd just plug the surge protection unit to the wall socket and then all the rest of the cords/plugs to the surge protector. There's typically six sockets on a surge protector - that way everything is covered by the surge protector.
Only thing you'd have to worry about is whether the circuit can carry all the wattage.
I was talking to a stranger (actually he wasn't strange at all) at Canada Computers and he said that LaCie doesn't make harddrives. He said only 3-4 companies (Hitachi, WD, Seagate) manufacture HD's. So, you probably have a HD manuafactured by...................LaCie 1TB USB Desktop Hard Drive.
Yup. Regardless of the brand on the case/box, the actual HD is from those few companies. Sometimes the same model may have HD sourced from different companies.I was talking to a stranger (actually he wasn't strange at all) at Canada Computers and he said that LaCie doesn't make harddrives. He said only 3-4 companies (Hitachi, WD, Seagate) manufacture HD's. So, you probably have a HD manuafactured by...................
I am learning HD the hard way. I bought my first HD from Maxtor when they had a very good reputation. Then they were bought out by Seagate (Free Agent?). Apparently, now Maxtor, Seagate (Free Agent) make crappy HD's. I wonder who makes the HD for LaCie?Yup. Regardless of the brand on the case/box, the actual HD is from those few companies. Sometimes the same model may have HD sourced from different companies.