On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 11:09:47 +0100
ael <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry, but some current and next generation laptops still have
> CD/DVD/BD drives.
I would hope so.
> You do seem to have a very narrow view of the
> diversity of hardware currently being manufactured and sold. I am
> typing this on a Clevo laptop purchased (without operating system, so
> linux friendly) within the last couple of years. This and the current
> revision has the usual CD/DVD drive.
Spinning optical media has soooo many advantages:
* Easy to label.
* Easy and dense to store.
* Read only: No urge to cannibalize backups.
* Cheap as hell.
* Lasts decades if kept in a box in air conditioned room.
* Boots more reliably than thumb drives.
* More difficult to lose or confuse with others.
Thumb drives are nice for temporary storage, and with USB3 maybe even
overflow storage, but AFAIK they can't be put in a read-only state, so
if you're booting from them, you're never really sure what's on them. I
dare anyone to make a virus to infect an already recorded and finished
DVD.
SteveT
Steve Litt
April 2018 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
of the Successful Technologist
http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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