[jyl]

I'm now a big fan of SSDs for the primary (OS + apps) drive, and my Macs don't have room for >1 internal drive, so I am stuck with external drives for data and backup. Have debated buying/building a RAID enclosure with hot-swap, as restoring after HDD failures is a pain.

The iMac is going to be replaced very soon here, looking at a Mac Mini with dual monitors, 256GB SSD, 8 GB DRAM, then multiple external drives for data and backup. The external drives are cheap (1TB for $100!) but spending $100/yr to replace plus 1 day/yr on recovery is getting irritating.