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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (55875)	8/13/2006 5:39:36 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

this is getting a lot of general (non IT) press. Shift: Apple's Time Machine is the future of data backup At Monday's World Wide Developer's Conference, Apple revealed a number of new features for its upcoming update to the Mac OS X operating system, codenamed Leopard. While many of the features were interesting, the most attention-getting was Time Machine, a new system built directly into the OS for backing up and recovering data. While backing up data isn't exactly the most exciting thing you can do with a computer, it is extremely important and very few people actually do it. Anyone who's experienced a hard-drive crash can tell you it's devastating, and not backing up your family photos can be a crushing regret. Apple intends to make backing up data something that people don't even have to think about, which is certainly a great thing for folks who are less computer-savvy or don't have the time and energy to backup data on their own. However, Time Machine may not be the best solution for everybody. What makes Time Machine so noteworthy is the fact that it backs up data automatically, and then allows people to recover it, piece by piece, very easily. Older backup programs weren't just confusing — they often forced users to restore their entire system if they needed to get back just one file. Of course, there's always been the method of backing up by simply burning discs of important files, but it's typically such a hassle that only the most anal retentive actually do it. With Time Machine, the only hassle is buying a second external hard drive to dedicate to backups — after all, you'll need enough space to store everything twice. Once it's hooked up and Time Machine knows it's your backup drive, you don't need to think about it ever again. The flashy interface allows users to sort through previous "versions" of folders, looking for a time when the file they want still existed. Simply press the restore button and back it goes, as if it was never deleted. This simplicity of recovery is Time Machine's strongest asset. blog.scifi.com

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (55875)	8/13/2006 8:18:45 PM
From: aaplfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

is the Apple product parallels main source of income, anybody know? I think it's their only source of income. They only list the Mac products as offerings and the About Us page doesn't specify how long they've been in business (guessing that the '95 and '99 timeframes indicate when the principals were working for other companies. I might be reading too much into this but they are ~15 miles from VMWare's VA offices which was founded in 1998... maybe that's where they were in '99?) I don't think one in 10 Mac users buys parallels, although the high end users probably do. It wouldn't surprise me at all. Considering that the majority of new Apple customers going forward are coming from something other than Mac (i.e. Windows, Linux) and a percentage of them won't want to reboot to run specific apps. Add to that, right now they are the only game in town. It will be interesting to see how they do once VMWare really enters the fray.