It is unfortunate that in most cases, it takes actually losing something important before you realize just how important it is once it is gone. When it comes to computer data, this price is $50 as far as I am concerned. If you are a starbucks coffee drinker then one Caramel Macchiato per month is what that works out to.. the price of knowing your data is safe. If you have pictures, for example, since this is the most likely sort of thing having a digital camera would have at one time or another, transferred pictures to the computer hard drive. So, if you have anything of value, worth $50 or more that you don't want to lose, get Carbonite!
I bring this small piece of advice as it has now been about a year since I started using Carbonite and passing this on to those that know me including all of my existing clients. Since it is renewal time, of course it is ultimately your decision, but the unfortunate thing when people don't go for something this simple and easy with virtually no worries.. knowing you could have a complete computer melt down, not to mention fire, theft, etc, knowing that your data was retreivable... that to me is worth that Caramel Macchiato every month! The problem is, when the data is lost, and I say WHEN because it has happened more then once where I have to be not only the bearer of bad news, but the person that continues to attempt to recover that data using software or any means possible which I can say is not all that often!
Anyway, it is just my rant once again...
