ED> >  ED> While I do have several high quality surge protectors on all my
  > >  ED> electronics, I could never justify the high cost of the UPS units.
ED> > At $150, or less, per unit I'd say that was _cheap_ insurance for a
  > > $2k+ computer upon which my business depends.
ED>A UPS does not protect the entire computer, just the data you are 
urrently
  >adding (or using) in the event of a power failure.  By making frequent
  >backups, and saving my work frequently as I go, I can restore (or even
  >re-do) missing work in a matter of minutes after a power failure, thus
  >saving myself the cost of the UPS unit.
ED>Not cost effective for me, but it is for you.  Different strokes for
  >different folks...
A decent UPS will absolutely save more than the work you are engaged in
at the time of the hit.  A UPS also will capture surges that can/will
burn out motherboards, disk drives and other parts of your PC.  I have
seen the results of a lightning strike on phone and power lines where
the UPS melted down but the pc itself survived.
As you said, different strokes for different folks, but for me a $150
investment to save $$$ of pc is a valid stroke.
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