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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 05:55

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Bob Bowen

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No one has mentioned the OSX remote disc option which lets one share a dvd drive on another computer (even with Windows) providing the software is compatible. I use the facility a lot from for my MM server to my laptop if I need to write\read a disc.

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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 06:49

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Robert

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Good point Bob, although generally the need for optical disks is diminishing, occasionally it can be handy to read one, and that method works well enough.

There was a hue and cry when Apple dropped the floppy drive from it's range of computers, now they really are obsolete as are tapes. I still have two tape drives but I know I will never use them because all the stuff I have on the tape is duplicated onto several hard disks.

When USB sticks easily hold 32Gb of data which is instantly accessible and re-writeable the need to transport stuff on CD has become much less.

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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 08:10

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richw wrote: If you have fast internet DVD in a computer is waste now, I haven't used the one in my Macbook Pro for well over a year.

Until clients give you artwork and images on a DVD ;-)

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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 12:12

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My macbook came without a dvd drive and I groused about it... So I bought an external one for $79 - haven't used it yet (6 month after buying it)

Jobs may have been right... I don't need a floppy drive either :-)

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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 13:23

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TomOC wrote:
My macbook came without a dvd drive and I groused about it... So I bought an external one for $79 - haven't used it yet (6 month after buying it)

Jobs may have been right... I don't need a floppy drive either :-)

You all are just a bunch of Tech Junkies! I still have some 5 1/4 inch floppies - never been used. I still think they will make a come back.

I will catch up with you at some point in time.
:rofl:

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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 14:54

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Eric wrote:
richw wrote: If you have fast internet DVD in a computer is waste now, I haven't used the one in my Macbook Pro for well over a year.

Until clients give you artwork and images on a DVD ;-)

I guess but if they couldn't give you a USB key that's where the external drive might get it's once in a blue moon run out. Like I said earlier I have put stuff on a DVD for my dad, so I have used it but it's very rare and as it's built into the MacBook all that extra weight goes everywhere all the time . Wonder if I could swap it for an SSD?

Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 15:28

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Robert

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richw wrote:
Wonder if I could swap it for an SSD?

Definitely, it's a common mod.

Put the OS and applications on the SSD and the data on the HDD it will start up almost instantly and run very quickly/

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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 16:50

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richw wrote:
Eric wrote:
richw wrote: If you have fast internet DVD in a computer is waste now, I haven't used the one in my Macbook Pro for well over a year.

Until clients give you artwork and images on a DVD ;-)

I've just put a SSD on the wife's PC and it really flies now.

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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 17:57

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The new iMac offers a "fusion" storage drive. Is that the same thing as this SSD you refer to?

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Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 18:55

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Squarerigger wrote:
TomOC wrote:
My macbook came without a dvd drive and I groused about it... So I bought an external one for $79 - haven't used it yet (6 month after buying it)

Jobs may have been right... I don't need a floppy drive either :-)

You all are just a bunch of Tech Junkies! I still have some 5 1/4 inch floppies - never been used. I still think they will make a come back.

I will catch up with you at some point in time.
:rofl:

Hang on to them... Very shortly you will be able to sell them to a museum!!!

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