What is best way to manage external storage for 160 GB Tiger iMac

Unfortunately I bought my 160 GB G5 a month before the Intel iMacs came out. I never thought the teens would take to movie making the way they have. I am constantly at 150 GB plus and have filled a 300 GB Maxtor external with a whole system backup image and then a whole boatload of iMovie files. I have purchased a new 500 GB WD, but is still unopened. I have also purchased but not installed Leopard. What is the recommended way to manage the external storage of all of my video - they want to make more movies! Would Time Machine work by keeping movies on for a couple of weeks and then deleting so I would have access through that interface? Help, I can't afford a newer iMac yet.

If they make movies, you will eat space. Be grateful, because if they get real good, they will be able to buy you a room full of storage. LOL.
Seriously, you do have a problem. Even though you could exchange the internal for a much larger drive, they will keep filling them. Film real estate is large. Just keep daisy chaining till you reach your tolerance limit, and if they want too make a movie after that, burn any you must delete to DVD, and then erase it.
Of course, remember, any file that is not at least 2 copies is at risk. You may want to burn some of those to DVd as backups, anyway. DVD's are very cheap.

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