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Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
Authored by: ttt on May 03, '07 04:54:34PM

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.



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Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
Authored by: corienti on May 04, '07 04:55:28AM

That's a fair point and worth considering.
I come from slightly different viewpoint; I'm a Unix admin and DBA, so for me this kind of thing is quite straightfoward and simple and really not any particular effort at all. The idea had simply never occurred to me before, and I quite like it.

But yes for others who are not as familiar with doing this kind of thing, you're right the cost in terms of "effort" or hassle may not be worth it.



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Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
Authored by: ttt on May 04, '07 11:50:42AM
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.

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Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
Authored by: TvE on May 04, '07 03:20:04PM

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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Store Developer docs on a compressed disk image
Authored by: TvE on May 04, '07 03:20:40PM

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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