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I’m curious about the use case for plugging one external drive into multiple computers in 2022, when storage is super cheap and networking is super fast. If I
by snowwrestler 4y ago
I’m curious about the use case for plugging one external drive into multiple computers in 2022, when storage is super cheap and networking is super fast.
If I need to expand storage or keep a hard backup, I dedicate drives to specific machines. If I need to move files between machines, I move them over the network.
- Marsymars 4y agoDepends on what you mean by "super cheap". I know lots of non-techies who default their PC purchase to whatever is cheapest that seems to fit the bill at the time, and storage now typically can't be expanded after the fact. I just had a fun time updating my partner's 2.5 year-old MacBook to Monterey with a 47gb free space requirement on a 119gb drive.
- azangru 4y ago> I’m curious about the use case for plugging one external drive into multiple computers in 2022, when storage is super cheap and networking is super fast. I have an external drive for a media library, storing there videos I'd like to watch and audiobooks I'd like to listen. Over years, it's grown pretty large. I'd like to have read/write access to the library from either a Macbook or a linux laptop. The linux laptop is old, and might die soon; and I am not sure whether I'll be replacing it with another linux laptop, or will switch to the Macbook entirely. I know that some people recommend getting an NAS drive; but I don't have appropriate setup for it.