[Ryan Dognaux]

For me it's a matter of convenience. I agree, backing up files onto CD/DVD is a great idea - you never know what's going to happen to your computer.

However, for much of the music and video that I watch, I prefer to keep it on a hard drive for easy access. They both run smoother when being read off the hard drive vs. a CD or DVD. Also, I don't want to go through a case of CD's or DVD's just to find a video or program.

I agree, her example is kind of wrong. 100GB to store what she suggested was overkill.

My view is that for backing up files, burning them to disc is great. However, I'm not a fan of doing that to files that I might want to access multiple times.

The argument of a hard drive being more fragile than a CD or DVD... well I'm not so sure about that. A hard drive is pretty solid, I've never had a problem with one. But a CD/DVD is more portable, unless you have external drives like myself.

Like I said, I think it's all just a matter of personal preference.