I have had other laptops where the optical drives went as well (HP!). I have opted for an external USB writer. Works like a charm.
On 8/12/07, Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Word of warning: The optical drives in Acer laptops are notorious for > failure. Mine went within 3 months (brand new), as did my brothers (also > brand new). > > On 8/12/07, Dick Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am in the market for a laptop. I don't need a super heavy duty machine > > as it > > is just for travel on vacation. Watching the occasional DVD, playing > > some mp3 > > music, storing photos, burning a DVD-RW to hold photos, WiFi to the > > Internet > > for access to e-mail. Stuff like that. > > > > My desktop machine is Kubuntu 7.04 (it's an Intel duo 64, but I'm > > running 32 > > bit as 64 bit support doesn't seem to be that robust as yet) and I'd > > like to > > match that for ease of use. Most of all I don't want to pay any Redmond > > taxes. > > > > I looked at Dell Canada and didn't see the Linux boxes they sell in the > > US. I > > also didn't see an option to leave of the M$ "stuff." Any suggestions > > would > > be greatly appreciated - I'd even consider a solid refurbished machine. > > > > > > TIA > > -- > > Dick - an old mainframer trying to get current. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines ( http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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