Good idea! I will get one.
I will probably also try to upgrade my laptop because it's nice to
have everything in one piece without having to carry any extras.
However, I like the idea of an external USB drive because of the
flexibility it affords to my desktops and (non-current) laptops.
I recently bought a 160GB USB HDD for similar reasons. My only
concern is that it's a little slow, but it does the job I got it for:
transferring large amounts of data between office and home.
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:42:44 -0600
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: zOS Version 1 Release 9 and software products DVD collection
> To: [email protected]
>
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:42:43 -0500, J R wrote:
> >
> >The only downside for me is that Dell lied to me about my laptop.
> >It was supposed to have a dual-layer DVD drive but it turns out
> >it doesn't.
>
> I recently bought an HP 1040 external drive for about $100. It reads and
> writes any kind of CD or DVD, including 2 layer, and with its USB interface I
> can connect it to any of my computers. It works well and it's fast. Linux
> handles it with no problem.
>
> I know there are cheaper ones out there, too.
>
> --
> Tom Marchant
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