I... I just feel like I have to have everything in one place, and that's my 250GB hard drive on my laptop. I have an external drive, but I just use it to backup my computer.
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And thank you.
You are just where I was a week ago. I caved in and replaced the 250 in my MBP with a 500 GB 7200 rpm Seagate. $109 from OWC including an enclosure for the old one. My computer is like new and I have a larger external more or less for free.
I used to like having everything in one place, too. Then I absent mindedly deleted the folder I keept all of my finished work in. 100s of print ready 300 dpi tiffs. Bought a MyBook Studio for Time Machine the next day.
Dale
Note: I find groups of photographers very friendly and not gear conscious.
Typical birder at the Nisqually Delta. I feel like I'm the one with the P&S...