I mean seriously.. who burns stuff these days? I've stopped burning like 2-3 years back.. it's just completely ridiculous, slow and impractical.
By 2010 nobody is going to need an optical drive, little less a burner. Just look at Apple Air. Just like floppy got completely phased out from recent machines so it will be the fate of optical media.
Right now, I just buy a DVD drive to read an occasional game or install software (less software cause I download everything online anyways - most software companies have download distribution anyways). I have a bunch of external HDDs for like $100 for 320gb to 500gb hdds (rewritable, lightning fast).
I think they are just waisting time and money and by 2010, whoohoooo, who knows where we'll be.
@ Nfinity do you ever shut up? if hd dvd came out on top i'm sure you'd be talking about how they'd make a great cheap hd capacity optical medium. my pops just bought a new laptop and he wants solidworks 2008, which he said costs over 3 grand for the program (CAD design) if he has the stupid MBA how the hell would he install it? optical drives are still needed no matter how much dummies like you say they aren't. Another great instance, i have all 18 seasons of the simpsons on my computer right now. about 46 gigs, guess what i'm going to do when i get a dvd burner. Yes, burn all 18 seasons of the simpsons onto one disc. Then i can take that to any PS3 or comp that has a bd rom. People like you and truth teller need to get your heads out of your asses
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Give me a 2x for under $100 and I'd buy it. 2010 is too long to wait for a burner.
I mean seriously.. who burns stuff these days? I've stopped burning like 2-3 years back.. it's just completely ridiculous, slow and impractical.
By 2010 nobody is going to need an optical drive, little less a burner. Just look at Apple Air. Just like floppy got completely phased out from recent machines so it will be the fate of optical media.
Right now, I just buy a DVD drive to read an occasional game or install software (less software cause I download everything online anyways - most software companies have download distribution anyways). I have a bunch of external HDDs for like $100 for 320gb to 500gb hdds (rewritable, lightning fast).
I think they are just waisting time and money and by 2010, whoohoooo, who knows where we'll be.
@ Nfinity
do you ever shut up? if hd dvd came out on top i'm sure you'd be talking about how they'd make a great cheap hd capacity optical medium. my pops just bought a new laptop and he wants solidworks 2008, which he said costs over 3 grand for the program (CAD design) if he has the stupid MBA how the hell would he install it? optical drives are still needed no matter how much dummies like you say they aren't. Another great instance, i have all 18 seasons of the simpsons on my computer right now. about 46 gigs, guess what i'm going to do when i get a dvd burner. Yes, burn all 18 seasons of the simpsons onto one disc. Then i can take that to any PS3 or comp that has a bd rom. People like you and truth teller need to get your heads out of your asses