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It seems to make sense, but let me try to (none / 0) (#98)
by scribe on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 03:00:52 PM EST
recapitulate, to get past the tech jargon.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but what's proposed is to:
(1) buy the new laptop;
(2) buy
 (a) the old-and-reconditioned 2.5 inch hard drive from some old laptop and then also (b) the neat, aluminium-looking box to fit that tiny drive in, the box being something that will connect the tiny drive to the new laptop like it were a separate port inside the new laptop; then
(3) keep all the stuff on individual projects or areas of interest on the tiny drive-in-a-box and keep just the operating system (and maybe the usual suspects of programs, e.g., Word/WP, the browser(s), etc.) on the laptop's drive, this then
(4) giving one
  (a) the ability to both segregate work and non-work storage of data;
  (b) the ability to keep critical files bug-free because, in the event one picks up a bug along the way, the critical files will not be connected and therefore be free of bugs;
  (c) the ability to travel without lugging all the files along;
  (d) the ability to keep the files one leaves at home free from prying eyes;  and
  (e) a faster-working laptop, since it is unencumbered by all those videos and youtubes taking up drive memory.

Or, in so many words, the tiny-drive-in-a-box is just a bigger more sophisticated version of backing up to 3.5 disks or CD-ROMs and working from them?

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Your very last paragraph is the golden one (none / 0) (#103)
by Ellie on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 03:20:41 PM EST
You can design the combination of backup and archiving (on a per project basis) as suits  your needs AND boutique a combination of Operating System plus only the software you'll be using, eg, to surf the inner netz and have a super fast system regardless of the kind of memory it has.

If you're getting a new laptop, having at least one is great for one touch back up. cpinva's point about data transfer rates and tethering options is important here; I am out-geeked on that subject. My frugal and worry-free organizing system is more for administrative integrity and the freeing up of brain space that comes from having worry-free options for plug and literally play or work.

Imagine a system that's an intelligent option between driving your house everwhere and living in your car. The former is what having everything on one computer is like, but the latter is what it's like to "live" on DVDs and flash drives.

Repurposing discarded 2.5 drives is not only cheap-O and Eco, but I can send a whole whack of multi media stuff to fam & friends. I'm also teaching a nephew I've co-opted for as-yet-to-be- determined evil by teaching him audio mixology. A rescued, souped-up 2.5 drive

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Oops I sent too soon (none / 0) (#106)
by Ellie on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 03:28:20 PM EST
I long-windedly didn't get to my "souped up drive" point.

I keep a small drive with OS, browser, pared down text and multi-media viewers and communications ware. They're faster to operate and easy to replace should they get bogged down with collected crapola.

I keep my more expensive software that has been tailor made to my liking and needs completely untethered from the inner netz.

Of course, if you need additional volumes for your own ease of access, you can boutique those as well for a coupla few bux.

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