Re: 18 Features Windows Should Have (but Doesn't)

On May 11, 12:43 am, Mitch <mi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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<99d9e72c-c7e7-4e30-8069-27e9b0e7f...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ed

<n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
why is backing up the whole drive good on os x, but bad on vista?

I don't think it's good on OS X. Who said that?
It is good to back up the USER data. I know Time Machine focuses on
User Data -- I don't know if it also tries to back up the system and
apps data, but I would hope that can be turned off. I also know Time
Machine works incrementally, so that any changes that need to be backed
up don't have to run the whole thing.
That's another big charge against Windows' common imaging backups --
huge storage and nothing incremental.

wow dude, you're way off, on both windows and os x.
- vista's backup does not do incremental changes, but previous
versions does *block* level incremental changes.

Again, not writing about WinVista. Writing about the stuff people are
using, which seems to be imaging solutions (Acronis and Norton).

you're doing a stupid comparison then. and why do you think using disk
imaging software for backup is so common for windows users? :P

- time machine backs up the whole drive by default

But ONLY the first time, yes? Then archives stepwise changes, which are
almost entirely just in the User folder?
Does it also ask and help to distinguish the types of file backups?
That is a big difference from the imaging solutions so common with
Windows users.

doing a quick check on symantec/norton ghost, it looks like it can
backup incremental changes as well. so what's your big complaint-
that you're ignorant of the products? :P


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