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[–] naticus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're assuming that everyone wants to back up their system though. On my gaming PC, I would literally want just this, I couldn't care less about everything else. For me this would be useful. Would also be nice for my Steam Deck for my GOG games.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It didn't occur to me that people would have a dedicated PC only used for gaming lol, that's an expensive way to do it.

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Its pretty common to have a gaming PC and a work laptop.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh I do too, just everything is synched between them because I hate working on a laptop for very long.

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is your work laptop owned by you? That I would definitely understand. Mine is owned by my organization and I want nothing personal on it ever as a result. I like how I can compartmentalize work from entertainment that way.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah it is. How do you manage your personal stuff like banking and everything if not on the PC?

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Almost all my banking is done from my phone. It's rare I need to sit in front of my PC to do so. But that also doesn't need backed up, it's all web accessible. I do download all my bank, credit card, and loan statements monthly, but I store all of that in my Proton Drive, nothing remains on my PC. I call it my gaming PC because that's what it's for 90% of the time, but I do use it for personal stuff too. That doesn't really change the fact that literally nothing needs backed up aside from game saves.

Gotcha, different use cases for sure haha

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, my work laptop is for all my productivity, and it is owned by my work so doesn't cause extra expense.