On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM Tim via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Tim: > >> When it comes to external USB drive enclosures for a desktop PC, > >> I favour ones that come with their own power supply. I'd leave USB- > >> powered ones for battery-powered portable computing. > Agree, but I've used a powered USB hub for USB-only devices that needed extra power. Many older PC's were generous with USB power. At work we had PC's for Outlook and Mac for Photoshop. Some USB devices that worked on PC's were rejected for excessive power demands byMacs. > > > home user: > > By that, you mean a blu-ray drive that's plugged into an AC outlet, > right? > > Yes, that's *my* preference. > > I have a portable DVD burner that is USB powered, it uses a split lead > with two plugs that go into the PC (power, power & data), and one into > the DVD drive. It was useful in a "needs must" situation, but it ties > up two USB ports (and if they join them together in a stupid way, could > be a problem in itself), and has a stupidly short cable. > I have one portable DVD drive that has both a USB data port and a port for a power dongle that came with a USB "power" cable. I have an old Radio Shack power brick with selectable voltage and a bunch of power adapters. > > I have other drives that can be connected by USB, they're in a dock > which has its own AC supply plugpack. I find that kind of thing more > robust, and you can have useful length cables. > > Naturally I favour fitting optical drives internally. It's far less of > a rat's nest of connected objects, that way. Though it seems they're > going the way of the dodo, some local suppliers don't stock drives and > discs. Others just seem to be selling out their remaining stock. > New Dell Pro Max has an SFF model with optical drive bay with high-end specs and price. I expect cooling may throttle performance under load -- otherwise the airflow could blow sall objects out of the user's cubicle. I still favour CDs and DVDs for being able to play audio or video > recordings on standard home equipment. I never got into burning > BluRays, discs and drives just weren't there to buy on a whim and try > out. And standard-def video hides a multitude of sins that are > glaringly obvious in high-def. I've come to despise some special- > release BluRays of old favourite movies for showing up the shortcomings > of some set building. > The new standard for home equipment is a bigger screen with a tiny ARM CPU like <https://www.arm.com/company/success-library/arm-designs/tcl-qm6k> > But like you say, adding an external drive can be sorted out at any > time in the future. And if, like me, you find you prefer internal > ones, you can always keep your eye out for a different PC case, and > move everything into it at a later date. I'd always wanted to try out > one of the cube style cases, where you have a small box that doesn't > have everything crammed in together, instead of the huge oversized PC > cases, or the slimline ones which can easily overheat. > Before retiring, I bought a couple high-quality cases with "standard" power supplies because some older mission-critical equipment was built with a standard motherboard in a case with a proprietary power supply that was no longer available. -- George N. White III
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