So here is where I am at. I currently have a Mac Pro (mid 2009) and a Macbook Pro (Late 2007). The MP has the stock 640GB drive in it and the MBP has a 200GB drive in it. I was going to get an internal drive to back up the MP but I figure I would like to have a drive I can keep in a separate location and that is not in constant use. For the MBP, I plan on getting a uMBP in the future with either a 256GB SSD or a 500GB 7200RPM HDD.
So where is the question at? Well, as you all know, external HDD's are discounted greatly during Black Friday (or the week). I have a couple options right now. One, I could (try) to get two 1TB drives from staples or I could get a 2TB drive from Newegg. The 1TB drives would run $70/ea while the 2TB drive would be $150. Cost wise, they are fairly equal. Which would be the better option? On the one hand, I would have to partition the drive in half for TM but the downside would be that I would only have 1 drive so it is less redundant. On the other hand, I can get a new external drive (for the MBP) by the time I update the internal drives for my MP and just use the 2TB drive as a backup. Also, I keep fairly the same data on both machines so it would be either triple redundancy if I went with the 2TB drive or quadruple redundancy if I went with two 1TB drives. Also, if I go with the 2TB drive, I wouldn't have to get up at 4A.M. to go to staples for the drives. Sooooo, which set do you think would be right for me?
So where is the question at? Well, as you all know, external HDD's are discounted greatly during Black Friday (or the week). I have a couple options right now. One, I could (try) to get two 1TB drives from staples or I could get a 2TB drive from Newegg. The 1TB drives would run $70/ea while the 2TB drive would be $150. Cost wise, they are fairly equal. Which would be the better option? On the one hand, I would have to partition the drive in half for TM but the downside would be that I would only have 1 drive so it is less redundant. On the other hand, I can get a new external drive (for the MBP) by the time I update the internal drives for my MP and just use the 2TB drive as a backup. Also, I keep fairly the same data on both machines so it would be either triple redundancy if I went with the 2TB drive or quadruple redundancy if I went with two 1TB drives. Also, if I go with the 2TB drive, I wouldn't have to get up at 4A.M. to go to staples for the drives. Sooooo, which set do you think would be right for me?