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Poll: Do you have a backup or spare computer?
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Mario Chavez (X)
Mario Chavez (X)  Identity Verified
Local time: 08:35
English to Spanish
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Yes, a few Nov 22, 2012

My entire inventory of machines:

1 MacBook, mainly used for DTP stuff and graphic design. It has 64-bit Windows 7 OS in Boot Camp...and I run Windows XP SP3 on a virtual machine inside this copy of Windows, just in case.
1 Netbook, 64-bit Windows 7 OS, for travel but equipped for emergencies (4 GB RAM, etc.)
1 HP laptop, my backup, with all the software packages I have installed on my desktop

My main powerhorse is a Lenovo PC with 8 GB RAM, 2 1TB hard drives
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My entire inventory of machines:

1 MacBook, mainly used for DTP stuff and graphic design. It has 64-bit Windows 7 OS in Boot Camp...and I run Windows XP SP3 on a virtual machine inside this copy of Windows, just in case.
1 Netbook, 64-bit Windows 7 OS, for travel but equipped for emergencies (4 GB RAM, etc.)
1 HP laptop, my backup, with all the software packages I have installed on my desktop

My main powerhorse is a Lenovo PC with 8 GB RAM, 2 1TB hard drives, pretty fast (i7 Intel processor). I'm thinking of adding more RAM later

You have to have a backup system just in case. Always.
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Triston Goodwin
Triston Goodwin  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 06:35
Spanish to English
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Two desk tops and a laptop Nov 22, 2012

I was lucky when I found my first computer back in '09 (when I started expanding into freelance work). It was a refurbished high-end laptop that I picked up for $600. Today it still goes for over $2,000, gotta love tigerdirect.com ^_^

I also have a high-end "gaming" desktop which I use for translation, DTP, graphic design, 3d modeling and gaming, of course (which are my favorite translations).

I also have a back up computer that I have networked to the other two and sav
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I was lucky when I found my first computer back in '09 (when I started expanding into freelance work). It was a refurbished high-end laptop that I picked up for $600. Today it still goes for over $2,000, gotta love tigerdirect.com ^_^

I also have a high-end "gaming" desktop which I use for translation, DTP, graphic design, 3d modeling and gaming, of course (which are my favorite translations).

I also have a back up computer that I have networked to the other two and save everything there, so I can access it from any of my computers.
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Romina Fiorella
Romina Fiorella  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 09:35
English to Spanish
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Be prepared for the worst! Nov 22, 2012

I work with my laptop and keep a backup of everything in my desktop. Both computers with the same CAT tools installed.
Just to be on the safe side, they both have their disks divided, so my files are not affected if I have to reinstall windows. (Learning how to format your pc and install windows helps too).
There's nothing wrong in being prepared. Because when it comes to translations, there is always a tight deadline.


 
Audrey Pate
Audrey Pate
Italy
Local time: 13:35
Italian to English
other...definitely Nov 23, 2012

I replied "other", but for superstitious reasons...answering any of the other options would just have seemed like inviting fate to have some (more) wicked fun with my pc/laptop/pen drive....

 
Iosif JUHASZ
Iosif JUHASZ  Identity Verified
Romania
Local time: 14:35
Member (2005)
English to Romanian
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I have 4 laptops and 2 external hard disks Nov 24, 2012

From the 4 laptops almost every day I use 2 or 3. If one of them is broken I keep on working on the other. Almost each month I make a back-up on my external hard disk/s.

 
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