12-10-2014, 01:33 PM
(12-09-2014, 09:59 PM)Taem Wrote: I never thought of an online drive. Does it do real-time syncing too? I have an external 500gb ide drive I upload all my data onto yearly, but this leaves me vulnerable the rest of the year, and with a crash, all I got is my data, no drive back-up or image or anything so fancy. I'll have to check out that iDrive program.
It appears that feature is available:
https://www.idrive.com/online-file-sync
I don't have any particular insight here; I'm sure Carbonite is good as well. But I've used iDrive for several years, gone through a couple of full data restores, and it's been very easy both times. Since 90% of our family pictures are now digital, I feel like it's important to have offsite and redundant storage.
Hmmm...I see this thread has drifted. Since this is the lounge, might as well drift some more. Regarding whether it is time to buy now or hold off, there's an argument to be made that the US dollar will continue to increase relative to other currencies in the next few years. Generally speaking, the higher it goes, the more computer you'll get for your money. But that kind of stuff is tough to time, of course.