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Network attached storage. Basically a harddrive (or four) and a very simple computer bundled into a box. You plug it into your network (or not, if it's wireless) then mount on your various computers. so all computers can read/write to it simultaneously.
Other cool things they can do:
RAID arrays (plug in two HDs get half the disk space, but if one HD fails, you lose nothing)
DLNA (if your tv is DLNA compliant, it can detect and play files directly from the NAS)
Some can make your files acessible over the web, even if all other computers on the network are switched off -
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Onelesscardigan track standing at the lights onto Wandsworth Bridge just now, I was happily walking along listening to music in ridiculously oversized headphones. Yesterday further along the bridge cyclotron3k passed and stopped and we had a chat over the bridge.
Yo! That was a pleasant surprise - I never spot anyone. How was the comedy?
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I'd say this is worse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvAC-N6UnP8
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Can I use the same external hard drive for a PC and a MAC?
Can the mac only work with fat32? if so will I/can I partition it half and half?
FAT32 will work on Macs and PCs, but as file systems go it's not that great and has limitations on the maximum file size (4GB) and maximum partition size (I think it varies depending on the OS you're using. 32GB perhaps?)
NTFS is a more modern file system used by modern versions of windows. OSX doesn't support it out of the box but you can buy commercial drivers. (I heard some versions of OSX can read NTFS but not write)
Alternatively, you could format the HD with HFS (OSX's native file system), then install macdrive on your PC.
Alternatively, get a NAS.
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That's put a smile on my face!
Thanks for the links.