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I didn’t line up for the iPhone 4 when it was first released in Canada at the end of July, so I had to wait. It took about 6 weeks but it is definitely worth waiting. Before I say goodbye to my original iPhone, here are some photos of the iPhones for comparison.

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I did spare some time to test my Home Server again.  It turns out that it is the drive enclosure that was flaky and causes the Home Server to misbehave.  I had a clue which drive enclosure it could be because out of the 3 drive enclosures still connected to the server, 1 does not have the light on.  After exchanging the drive enclosure with a spare external drive, and connected everything back with the server, everything seems to be normal again.

I still don’t think it is very safe to store my data in external USB drives.  After having numerous problems with this setup, it probably is time to retire this aging hardware and replace it with a newer setup for the sake of my data.  So I actually ordered and picked up the Acer easyStore Windows Home Server from NCIX (a local computer chain store in Canada).

Here it is.

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