Nate Carlson wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Simeon Johnston wrote: > > Is this correct? If so I think I'll switch over reeeeaaaaal soon. > > I've been having a lot of power problems lately and no UPS's (don't > > bother me with crap like "you should always have a UPS" and "What the > > hell are you thinking". No UPS. Get over it. You'll be happy to know > > I do have power cleaners). > > How can you justify not having UPS's when you can get a APC Back-UPS Pro > 280 (more than enough for a personal workstation in most cases) for < > $125? Seriously, the time it takes you to manually rebuild the filesystems > after an unclean shutdown will more than cover that.. I thought it said DON'T give me crap about not having a UPS... :) We are looking into it. We have a few UPS's but not on everything (and no plan to put one on everything either). IMO the computer and OS should be made to withstand blackouts/sudden power loss, spikes etc and keep on kickin'. I don't see why I should have to buy more equipment because of half assed manufactured components. Just my view of the way thing's should be. sim