Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> At 02:45 PM 12/3/2009, you wrote: >> To make a long story short, if you store 1 gb (just lost this letter >> because I hit the command-4 to get a $ instead of the alt-4 and had to >> start over ... thinking about squirting some epoxy glue under that >> right-hand command key) 1 gb will cost 15 cents a month, 10 gb (real >> careful now) $ (made it) $1.50 a month. >> >> Nice back-up solution. If anyone can think of serious down-sides, I'd >> appreciate hearing about it. I'm pretty reliant on it. >> >> Daniel > > Daniel - > > The only downside to me is the price. If I measured my photo storage > in gigabytes, it might not be too bad, but mine are in > terabytes. Right now I have 10 1tb external hard drives hooked up > and those are just the active ones (and their backups). The SmugMug > vault through Amazon costs 22 cents per gigabyte per month, plus 30 > per gigabyte data transfer in, and 51 cents per gigabyte data > transfer out, plus a $1 per month service charge. I'm afraid that > would add up in a hurry. > > About your switch to Mac - I'm considering the same thing. Other > than keys being in the wrong place, have you found any other > stumbling blocks with the Mac? Is it more stable than your old > Windows machine? That's all I'm interested in - stability. I want > to turn it on and have it work. > > Tina The truly smart, nice, funny and those ones filled with humility people are the Mac people. Welcome to the fold! Mark William Rabiner