In the hour of 11:14 PM 8/8/2002 -0400, Marlene Coldwell spoke this: >Greetings PCworkers, > >I have an NEC Versa 2780MT Notebook. It has a 233MHZ CPU and 96MB Ram. It >runs Win98 flawlessly and I don't have any problems with it except that it >has a regular cd rom, and I need a DVD rom in it. I am not looking to watch >movies, just be able to read data DVD's. > >I contacted NEC and they said that a DVD rom was not made for this unit >because it was not fast enough, and would need a different video set up. I >am hoping one of you hardware Guru's can help me out here. NEC told me that >the connectors are different on most brands, pretty much making the >components machine specific. I believe this computer with it's present CPU >would be able to read data DVD's...(I have a 100MHZ at work that will do >that). Anyway can I get suggestions on where to start a search..and would an >external unit be an option? I'd RATHER have an internal unit, but I just am >really unsure of just what I need to look for. > >Thank for your input, > >Marlene
Marlene, what a coincidence! An associate of mine has a Versa laptop but with a 166 mhz cpu and they needed dvd capabilities this past spring so they bought a Targus external dvd drive which was perfect because a lot of dvd drives for laptops require at a minimum a Pentium 2 processor but this item supports 486 processors. The site on this product is here: http://www.targus.com/product_Details.asp?SKU=PA950U#, mind the '#' symbol as it sometimes gets chopped. Good luck, Peter Kaulback ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
