OK... one thing everyone have in common here is that in one way or another, we are all computer users. Most of us have at least one computer, many of us have many computers.
If you have been using computers for years, you have either owned many or gone through several of them, accumulating over time many, many files.
I've owned a computer since 1988 and am the owner of probably more than a million computer files by now... everything from saved emails, letters, writing documents, photos, music and other digital files including in many cases programs that probably don't run on the newest machines you own.
My question is how long do you hold on to your files, where do you keep them and do you find the older files useful? Can you even open old files on the computer you own today? Do you keep multiple archived copies of older files?
The reason why I ask is that over time many of us have become the equivalent of "digital pack rats". An article on the internet recently addresses this phenomena:
You can read the entire article at this link.
Comments anyone?
If you have been using computers for years, you have either owned many or gone through several of them, accumulating over time many, many files.
I've owned a computer since 1988 and am the owner of probably more than a million computer files by now... everything from saved emails, letters, writing documents, photos, music and other digital files including in many cases programs that probably don't run on the newest machines you own.
My question is how long do you hold on to your files, where do you keep them and do you find the older files useful? Can you even open old files on the computer you own today? Do you keep multiple archived copies of older files?
The reason why I ask is that over time many of us have become the equivalent of "digital pack rats". An article on the internet recently addresses this phenomena:
Personal computers -- our jukeboxes, photo labs, accountants and film studios -- are becoming the proverbial junk drawer, scattered with scads of must-have information. Sister devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players and digital video recorders overflow with often barely a bite of spare storage.
Comments anyone?
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