Apple iDisk still not enough storage Aug08 '07
Apple's iDisk recently increased storage to 10 GB, for paid members. A yearly membership costs $99.95.
Despite this increase, iDisk still remains on the "outside" when it comes to serious online storage and backup solutions.
For one thing, that 10 GB is not clean storage space - it's shared with other .Mac services, such as email, photos, and iWeb sites.
Photos, email, and web items can quickly eat up space that would otherwise be reserved for backups or personal storage.
On the other hand, here are some cheaper alternatives:
- For photos, Flickr doesn't count storage space, but rather data transfer.
- A typical web host, such as Dreamhost, offers web disk space in the hundreds of gigabytes. (Over 140 GB for their basic plan.)
- Gmail offers over 2 GB of email storage, and climbing.
- For simple storage and backup solutions, Box.net offers 15 GB for paid members, and Amazon S3 is practically giving storage away.
Without doing a full price comparison of the different monthly and yearly rates, it's still clearly better to "mix and match" differing services, rather than relying on iDisk for everything.
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