Comments on: Arizona State Law Student Goes to the Mattresses for Laptop

By: Blawg Review # 186 | Res Ipsa Blog

Blawg Review # 186 | Res Ipsa Blog — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:05:10 +0000

[...] Luke Gilman at The Blawgraphy links to a story covering an Arizona State University law student who fought off an intruder to protect his notebook containing all his notes from the semester. Luke points also highlights an application that automatically backs up files stored on a laptop in case some does hap…. [...]

By: lukegilman

lukegilman — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:11:59 +0000

I figured mac users were just too cool to back things up. They just got some venture backing, so perhaps a mac version is not too far from reality.

By: lukegilman

lukegilman — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:08:20 +0000

Syncplicity released their pricing at $9.99/month for 50GB, pretty competitive from what I’ve see and more in line with the recent drop in storage costs. Mostly I like the fact that because you can sync to other computers and download at will they aren’t just a ploy to extort a large amount of money from you to recover your data once it’s lost like so many of these companies are. They also had a 100GB option but I don’t see it on the site right now, maybe just a beta offer.

By: Shannon Quadros

Shannon Quadros — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:31:56 +0000

I hear Carbonite is developing a mac solution that if it isn’t out already should be by the end of the year. You might want to search the MacWorld forums for suggest Mac backups.

By: PT-LawMom

PT-LawMom — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:24:10 +0000

I’d like to hear more about other options you’ve looked into. Unfortunately Synplicity doesn’t work yet with Macs. Anyone found a good Mac-friendly solution?

By: Shannon Quadros

Shannon Quadros — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:59:48 +0000

So I’ve been using Connected.com, which I love, for the past 5 years to back-up my data online quite seamlessly. My one gripe with them is that as storage has exploded and the price per MB of storage has dropped so much, they haven’t expanded the amount of data you can back up for the price they’ve been charging. I pay about about $25 a month. I’m checking Syncplicity out and am also toying with Carbonite. I don’t really need the sync part as much as I need the back up. Tell us more Gilman. There might be a referral and an extra 2GB of storage in it for you.

By: PT-LawMom

PT-LawMom — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:31:34 +0000

I love this. Hilarious! And thanks for the techie tip. :)