Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

On 2024-11-28 07:44, Joel wrote:

-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
 

Look at it this way:  if you can save $300 by having an external SSD
instead of an internal SSD on your desktop PC are you going to pay the
extra for the aesthetics, or are you going to save a few bucks?

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Not using Apple, I don't have that problem.

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Bullshit you don't, for above you just rejected external solutions even
for a desktop. And for your current system, just how many NVMe's can you
   install on your motherboard?  If you want/need more than 1TB, if you
buy a 2TB are you going to throw the 1TB away?  Or are you going to be
keep it available by putting it into a USB 3.2 external case for ~$12?

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That's why I bought a high-end motherboard, I *can* add another NVMe,
without discarding the one I already have.

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Which brand/model Motherboard was this again?  And its just one extra
slot, so what's your plan for lifecycle maintenance after its filled?

  https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z590-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-10#kf

And mostly bought for the fact that "Elite" is in the name...

 I can do all kinds of things, probably won't need to, but think of the
possibilities, I could dual-boot Winblows and Linux, without having
them on the same NVMe, each having their own.
 

Will I do this?  No, but I have the option, always there.

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But can they be RAID0'ed for performance potentially equivalent to the
'overpriced' systems that you've been complaining about?

  Who needs that?  That's a red herring.

RAID 0 isn't needed?
You really don't know much, do you?

 

I still have an old 1 TB external hard drive, I use for my backups.
It's remarkably simple, just use a file browser to copy files, and use
its extra space for temporary storage when doing a clean OS reinstall.
Boom.

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So you're admitting that you don't have any automated backup system
running?  And probably no more than a single instance either?  Let alone
any remote site backup.  You clearly don't value your data.

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I update my external's backups periodically, it's OK.

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How (in)frequent a system gets backed up comes down to the question of
how much you value your personally created data content.  For example,
Feeb's claim of (maybe) monthly shows that he places very little value
on his own works.

  I do it as needed, simple as that.

Copying files manually isn't really a backup strategy.