Depends. some vendors have a special cable that one can use to hook up drive bay drives (i.e. floppy or CD/DVD) to usb or something.
John-AldrichTile-Tools From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mini Notebooks Hey, I've not hijacked a thread in a while... I had a very silly accident and smashed the screen of my old HP laptop (used mostly for web surfing). I too am looking into minis for a replacement. Is there some sort of gizmo that might let me pull the DVD drive out of the laptop and attach it via USB? Thanks, and sorry for the hijack! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 <http://www.aspca.org/> www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Sherry Abercrombie <[email protected]> wrote on 08/14/2009 09:36:52 AM: > I've got an Asus EEE PC netbook for personal use. Love it. Pros: > size, weight, portability are awesome, great for general surfing, > email, note taking in meetings etc. Cons: Keyboard size is small, > any install of additional applications will require a USB key or USB > based CD/DVD drive because it's not built in, not a real issue to > me, but worth noting. Would not be a good piece of equipement for > users that need to do a lot of word processing/spreadsheet work. > > FYI, I choose not to get the EEE PC that has the solid state drive > in it because of the size limitations there still. I have a > "regular" 160GB harddrive....personal preferance, YMMV. Also > personal preference is that I must have a mouse to use with it, but, > I have to have a mouse to use with my laptop also because I do not > like touchpads at all. > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > The Dell's are getting the best reviews. Plus, if you watch > Twitter, they're always posting rebate codes. > > > My wife is wanting one but until I get a pay increase that is out of > the question. The Dell's we have seen look nice but that is all I can say. > > Jon > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected] > > wrote: > My wife has an Asus EEE PC netbook for personal use. > > Loves it for light duty surfing/email/media. Shoves it in her purse > for a trip. > > -sc > > From: Carol Fee [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:09 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Mini Notebooks > > Very general question - anyone have any experience with any of these > either for personal or business ( limited functionality required ) use ? TIA > > > > Carol Fee > Network Administrator > 617-338-0623 > [email protected] > > [image removed] > Massachusetts Bar Association > 20 West Street > Boston, MA 02111-1204 > (617) 338-0500 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.56/2302 - Release Date: 08/14/09 06:10:00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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