Re: Do we really need optical drives any more?

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:30:38 -0400, Ohioguy wrote:

> I was thinking about my 16GB USB flash drive today, and thinking about
> how it holds almost 4 times what a DVD +R disk holds. Then I thought
> about how it can be erased and rewritten any number of times

There is a limit...

> If I wanted to buy a DVD burner, I'd pay something like $38-$40 to be
> able to archive 16 GB onto 4 disks.

Or even 32GB. But it's a one off cost...amortised over the number of
disks you'll burn with it, it's quite cheap.

> What about you - are you going to spend $$ on a new optical drive, or
> just thinking of getting a bigger USB flash drive when prices come down
> (or storage goes up)??

I worry about what I'm going to keep long term backups on.

Optical seems a reasonable bet....but I'd probably use USB as well.

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On 31 Oct 2009 15:12:51 GMT, Bob Eager <> wrote:

>I worry about what I'm going to keep long term backups on.
>
>Optical seems a reasonable bet....but I'd probably use USB as well.

I use a three level backup system. The first level is internal hard
drive, the second level is USB hard drive and the final level is two
web sites. I only use all three levels for the most important data as
it isn't really practical to upload all my data to the web. The two
web hosts are in different countries. I don't use optical backups at
all. USB flash drives are the way forward but I've gone that way yet.

Steve

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