Backups... any way around the gigs needed? i just want a restore point

Time machine may be fantastic and all but i don't have an external hd besides my ps3 and a couple of flash drives. not really interested in using 80 gigs of my 80 gig ps3 for a backup. on windows there is an option for a restore pt. it allowed for a user to take the computer back to some previous pt in the computer's life where the virus you found wasn't there or the file you deleted is still available. all i want is a restore pt on my mac. thoughts? what are my options?
an external hard drive the only way to go here?

emp733 wrote:
Time machine may be fantastic and all but i don't have an external hd besides my ps3 and a couple of flash drives. not really interested in using 80 gigs of my 80 gig ps3 for a backup. on windows there is an option for a restore pt. it allowed for a user to take the computer back to some previous pt in the computer's life where the virus you found wasn't there or the file you deleted is still available. all i want is a restore pt on my mac. thoughts? what are my options?
your ONLY option is an external drive. there are lots of backup tools in OS x but all of them need an external source to store the backups.

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