[OT] Home UPS (was Filesystem recommendations)
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:52 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>
> Anyway, the way I've always looked at the residential side of the UPS debate
> is to ask myself this question: Is it worth spending $100 to surge and
> power backup protect my $1000 PC and printer? For me that answer is an
> emphatic yes.
You make a strong case. But I come from a different perspective than
you do. I don't have any new hardware at home. The only piece of
equipment I bought new was a 4-port Ethernet router which cost me about
$20, I think. Almost everything else was either given away or thrown
away or sold used for a low price. The most expensive computer I own
cost me somewhere around $300, I think. I bought it used 2 years ago,
and it's market value today is probably around $150-200. All my monitors
(with the exception of those built-in to laptops) are thrown-away CRTs.
In other words, my home hardware collection consists almost exclusively
of dumpster-diver specials. How much money am I willing to spend to
protect my hardware? Probably not as much as you are. Still, it would
be nice to have. Maybe I'll put it on my Christmas list. :-)
Oh, wait. I did buy my powered speakers new -- about 15 years
ago. ;-)
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