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To: Bernhard Michaelis who wrote (6118)	1/19/1999 2:14:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 10072

>>I personally do prefer CDs for backup - ($ 1.50 for 650 MB can't be beat, and the shelf life is 100 years compared to 10 to 30 years for cartridges). I'm not alone - there is a comparison in the latest Macworld and they also prefer CDs over the Jaz drive..and as I mentioned before, the graphic/publish world will inrease its CD R consumption this year, whereas zips and hard drives will be on the decline, just hard facts from Publish magazine..<< Bernhard - To each his own. But I do have a couple of quibbles with some of those statements. First off, my cost per megabyte of backup could be much lower than yours, considering that I can back up every day on the same Jaz disk, or alternate between a couple of disks. Over the course of the year, you would spend much more than I would. As for the shelf life issue, there are those who say that the shelf life of CD-R disks is nowhere near as long as 100 years. In fact, even CD-ROM disks are now said by some to have a useable life of under 20 years. But in any case, for most of my backup needs, as long as the data is there a few months from now, I'm covered. Anything in excess of that is immaterial. You say that Zip and hard disk consumption will be on the decline this year, and call that a "hard fact" from Publish magazine. I hope you realize that predictions and facts are two different things. There were predictions that CD-R drives would outsell magnetic removable drives in 1998, but it didn't happen. - Allen