yes,, good points about BEL and the 'limited' potion of their name!
we do keep everything on a ups. i wish i could get one big huge one and put it right after the meter!
i too am using externals. i have 3-250s. two are redundant with photos and music, the 3rd is Mrs. Barns for business crap.
but when this particular buddy of mine offers up a 'deal', it is going to be a good one. we call him "Re-bate".
he is so good at sniffing out good deals, that allot of the time after he sends in whatever coupons are connected, he comes out money ahead!
so when he said he found some good, brand name drives and he would bring us one,, hell yea!
also he tossed in an internal card reader for the new computer.
said it will be around 100 bucks, including the reader.
even with all this inside, i will still be using the externals for more back up.
thanks for reminding me,, i should do a back up right now!

i also am in the prime is better way thinking. the next 2 lens on the list are also a 50 and some flavor of wide angle. for the last 15 years, my 'walking round' lens has been a 35-70 2.8. it has been the bread and butter lens the whole time. but now the small sensor effects it. bummer for the wider end!
could be good, or bad, have to see, but Mrs. Barn is wanting to upgrade from her canon S-5 to a dslr.(that's the good part). that means nikon and that she will be digging around in my lens cases.(this is the scary part!) but, when this happens, we will add on one of those 2 lens! or both!!