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| Thread ID: 98727 | 2009-04-04 23:37:00 | Are optical drives obsolete? | jwil1 (65) | PC World Chat |
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| 762409 | 2009-04-06 03:02:00 | I use multiple optical drives on a daily basis, and floppies almost as much | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 762410 | 2009-04-06 03:22:00 | I use opticals all the time, but I also have lots of hdd space for the videos and MP3s that I collect. My BACKUPS are on DVDs - kinda backwards but it works for me. When I find it necessary to send/copy or use one on another device, I just usually put what I need on a USB stick and use it from there. Yet I still have a Zip-drive and a few floppies for when I might need them - someday. <sniff> I just recently got rid of my IBM punch card reader <sniffle> |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 762411 | 2009-04-06 04:18:00 | I have chucked all my floppies (I have no machines with floppy drives left - and most of the stuff that was on the floppies wouldn't run on XP or Vista anyway). And I recently dumped a Zip drive and several disks (parallel port connectors are so last-century! - Again, no parallel ports on any current machines. And finding a driver could be a problem too!) |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 762412 | 2009-04-06 05:10:00 | Speaking of other legacy hardware, my Dell is the only system with a fully working floppy drive (the AddAWins boot floppy stays in it, though). Dad's PC has a floppy drive, but it has trouble writing. Mum needs a parallel port for her barcode printer (she processes books for libraries). |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 762413 | 2009-04-06 06:48:00 | A limited use. Nevertheless there will be a need such as a weddings photo album in digital or video album provided to the client on a optical disc format. Esp when these days TIF files can be so large from these ultra MP cameras. Games and movies and purchasing software at the shop etc. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 762414 | 2009-04-06 07:57:00 | I still use floppies for flashing Bios's. | gary67 (56) | ||
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