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Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
What you're missing is people who have laptops and want to be portable. I have 160GB in my MBP and it's not nearly enough. Now, I have over 2.5 TB in total of external firewire disks, but that's not portable; so I can't relocate that folder to external disk, as they're not connected half the time.
Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
It's not just a question of how cheap internal storage is, but how much it costs to manage "live" compressed storage. With Flash drives dropping below $10/GB, it just is not worth it in terms of value to hunt around compressing odd files here and there only to have a future software update choke just to "save" an odd gig of space. In the balance, it is a heck of a lot cheaper to have an iPod or a thumb drive as supplemental storage rather than endlessly spending time manually managing the contents of your laptop drive.
Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
That's a fair point and worth considering.
Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
It doesn't much matter how great your skill level is in the effort department. The more you know, the more valuable your time is and the less likely you are to actually save money in the balance by spending time now on compressing it and later on working out the difficulties during system updates. If it takes me even 15 minutes to permanently save a gig of disk space, I'm costing my employer money at even Flash prices! It's fine to do for fun or just for learning or whatever, and I do have some infrequently used stuff on a compressed disk image myself, but the pace of technology has made the practice nearly useless.
Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
And how much is it worth NOT to have a USB memory stick (that is easy to forget/loose BTW…) hanging out of your labtop, sometimes you sit with the Mac in crowded spaces (sofa/airplane) and then you might break the USB connection (or motherboard)…?
Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
And how much is it worth NOT to have a USB memory stick (that is easy to forget/loose BTW…) hanging out of your labtop, sometimes you sit with the Mac in crowded spaces (sofa/airplane) and then you might break the USB connection (or motherboard)…? |
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