I recently (yesterday) purchase a IBM ThinkPad 390X (PII-400MHz, 64MB, 15" TFT etc.) as well as a DVD floppy combo drive. Now I have Linux 2.2.12 (RedHad 6.1), X, and sound all working on this computer. I have not yet opened the box with the DVD drive (the laptop comes with a 24X CD floppy combo drive). I was reading around and found that there are basically two different types of DVD drives RPC-1 and RPC-2 RPC-1 means DVD player is REGION FREE. RPC-2 means DVD player is REGIONALLY CODED and unfortunately the one I have is RPC-2 which means that if I was to take my portable computer to say Japan on business that I would not be able to watch DVDs make in Japan (this seems like a flaw for portable computer DVD players to be so restricted). What I am wandering is. For others that have laptops, how important is this ability of the DVD player to play DVDs from other regions? I suppose it depends on how often I travel, and if when I do if I have time to watch a movie etc. What I am wandering is, what have other people done? I can still return the drive for full refund you see. There are no DVD drive for the TP 390X that are RPC-1. An external drive is a possibility, not an nice one though, I bought the TP390 because it had everything built into the laptop and did not need external devices (other then the power brick). Looking for peoples experience about this. Thanks -- B Mohrgan, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
