No, I don’t mean backing up the data on a laptop, which is an excellent idea on its own. In the my recent MacBook debacle I didn’t lose a thing. I use a variety of methods, .Mac, SuperDuper, and another webdav “drive” depending on what I’m doing and where I am. I generally don’t store data on a laptop and mostly use it (at least these days) for working my WordPress sites.
What I have discovered though, is that backed up data or not, I have no backup access. I love my iPhone and it’s great for a quick browse, but it’s not a tool for extended editing.
What to do?
I could, of course, by another MacBook and then trade them off much like a friend of mine who owns to Jaguars does. One, says he, is always in the shop. MacBook’s aren’t quite that bad, but with only one of ten days down before my MacBook gets returned I’m a little lost when I’m at coffee shops and such. [Is that a legitimate complaint or have I really lost touch with reality?] 🙂
I do wish Apple made a sub-sub-compact, something about the size of the ASUS Eee PC, but they went for the slim MacBook Air instead. The EEE PC is intrigues me though. It’s the right size and approximately the right price as a backup. In addition it runs Linux which I would much prefer to any Windows version. The problem is that I’m not sure there’s a driver for my Sierra 881u yet.
There are some unsupported instructions around, but I haven’t really read them through nor do I have a Linux box to test it on right now.
And then there’s the other little catch, I can’t really afford it now with a trip to icy Alaska coming up. 🙂
Still…if I could guarantee it would run the Sierra it would make a great “moped laptop” – assuming, of course, my moped continues to run. 🙁
Here are the specs:
Aloha!