Good question. Being a recent Mac switcher I haven't set up Time Machine 
yet because I only have an 80gb external drive and wasn't sure what to 
buy. So I'm interested too and any recommendations as well would be useful.

Thanks

Pat

Ray Packham wrote:
> HI All
> 
> Can I ask all what is the average size of hard drive we all use for  
> backups ? i.e. time machine or other devices . My reason for asking is  
> that when I started doing computer forensics I had 250 MB and maximum  
> of 10GB of hard drive space to examine but now I regularly examine  
> TB's. I am wonder what in 2009 / 2010 what is  the average for  
> personal hard drive storage. I have only a 250 GB hard drive for my  
> time machine backup and was thinking of purchasing a 1TB drive.
> 
> For your information I have at work 4TB on my desktop machine and 2TB  
> external storage our server has 22TB.
> 
> This is just for a bit of research into ongoing trends and what we can  
> expect as an average.
> 
> if your interested dont block up SMUG just reply to [email protected]
> 
> I would be interested in your replies
> 
> 
> Thanks Ray Packham
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 15 Sep 2009, at 09:15, Paul Owen wrote:
> 
>> Rob,
>>
>> May I ask why you don't leave Time Machine running all the time. Is it
>> because you are out and about?
>>
>> Paul Owen
>>
>>
>>> From: Rob Beattie <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:10:56 +0100
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: [sussex_mug] Re: Snow Leopard and Time Machine
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Paul. I back up once a week or when
>>> something major's happening (sending it off
>>> for repair, planning to take it sky diving).
>>>
>>> I don't know what the Rosetta option is -
>>> I'll look it up.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> rob
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> > 
> 

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