Hi everybody,
I am after a little bit of advice here, and I will try to keep it short and sweet!

Home PC (MINE!), 4 users.
Of 114 Gb on C drive, I? have used up about 20 Gb (digital photgraphy), 2 others have about 10Gb between them, and my son has used 40Gb! Mostly music (he composes).
I need more space for digital Video.

So what is the solution?
1.Should I get him his own system and network it to mine for internet access?
If so, would a laptop be a realistic option, as he will want one for Uni in 2006?
Or
2. Should I get an external HDD for him to use as storage?
If so will he be able to use it with a laptop later?

Thanks for reading all this!
Anji

Hi there & welcome to PCHF!

There are 2 ways of looking at your dilemma:

1) Get a laptop, network it and it will be there when your son goes off to Uni next year. The negative here is that any laptop you buy will be, lets say, 1.5 years out of date when he takes it to Uni...this could be an issue if he requires a good specification for the music composing etc. The other downside is you will need a grasp of basic networking and it may involve further cost (hub, router...wireless maybe).

2) Personally I would go with the USB Hard drive option. You can use it now and then when he goes to Uni you can buy a current spec laptop for him and just transfer all of his stuff to it then.

Hope this helps...? :-)

It surely does - Many thanks!!!
Anji