.Mac 2.5 Retail [OLDER VERSION]

Reader Reviews
I've used .Mac since it's inception, and have received a lot for my money. Here's what I actually use it for: 1. I use Backup to back up my entire Documents folder daily, which includes my most important financial documents. 2. Homepage - I use iPhoto & .Mac to easily post my digital pictures to the web for friends & family to see. It's hard to exagerate how easy it is to post these photos - select them, click a button, write a little blurb if I feel like it, press the 'publish' button and whalla - they're on the web. 3. I use iDisk to share large files with friends & family so I don't bomb their mail boxes. 4. I've used .Mac email through 2 or 3 ISPs, keeping the exact same email address - this is almost a priceless feature. Let me expound - friends & family that forget to update their address book effectively 'lose' their contact with you. Their spam filters might block your email because your new email address isn't in their address book. Because I get to keep the same email address no matter what ISP I use, I'm not concerned with this problem so many others face. 5. Free software - I just download WingNuts (a cute side-scrolling game) for free beacuse I'm a .Mac member. Everyone else has to pay $19.95 for it. .Mac keeps offering software freebies & discounts every couple months or so. 6. Creating .Mac slidshows - other Mac useres (whether they use .Mac or not) can subscribe to my .Mac slideshow as his screensaver. My Dad gets to see new photos pop up in his screensaver whenever I get around to updating my slideshow (which I do too infrequently). That is what I actually use it for. It's a useful tool. .Mac space has consistently grown (no extra charge) and now provides a shared email/backup space of 1 GB. You can choose the ratio and modify it whenever you want - my current allocation is 512 MB for email and 512 MB for iDisk/Backup. A good investment.