I can not agree more about what has been said about storage!
I have been using 39 mpix backs for about 1,5 years now, and my storageneeds are blowing all budgets. I have Lacie S2S 2,5 tb solutions (two, one backup) and they are near full. CD/DVD storage when approaching 400-500mb in a single finished .psd/.tif file with layers is useless, they take way to much time, and you don't get enough files on them pr. burn.
Online storage is useless unless you are on a very expensive fibre network with near unlimited upload speeds. The third backup is on varoius noname cheap firewire drives, almost never mounted. No out of house backup (I need to get this fixed, and I have no time to wait...)
Storage is expensive and needs to be factored in (but not that much for us europeans shopping american sites, now that the dollar is so weak )
-axel
PS: Sorry Dustbak, just have to hammer this one in