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Don't be surprised if you soon outgrow your PC's storage capacity. Even if you bought your computer as recently as early 2005, odds are good that you only have 80GB or less of internal hard drive storage. If all you do is type Word documents and send email, then 80GB should last darn near forever.
But let's face facts. Most people enjoy a much more diverse, data-intensive computing experience. According to research, the end of 2004 saw 62 percent of the world's Internet users on broadband. With broadband comes a blizzard of downloadable data--everything from informative background documents (like this one) to music and movie subscription content.
Of course, we love to share data with those closest to us. When your friend emails you a video clip of her kid's first steps, you want everyone in the house to be able to see it without monopolizing your PC time. Home networks make this sharing virtually effortless. Harris Interactive, based on a recent survey, estimates that 24 percent of U.S. houses will have a home network by the end of 2005. Others forecast a near tripling of home network users worldwide between 2004 and 2008.
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