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odreian615

join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL		reply to Dr Demento
Re: If it has a built-in optical drive...

So a optical drive is bad?!
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Dr Demento
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said by odreian615 See Profile :

So a optical drive is bad?!
Not at all in fact its great for all the reason you are probably thinking of such as easily installing software and listening to DVDs. But it also is a source for spent battery life and like disc based hardrives hamper it from being really man-handled without damage.

However, a notebook without one which doesn't have adequate syncing software is a lot worse off in usability.
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FiL
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 Syncing software?

Whats the big deal with attaching a usb harddrive? They too come with synching software...

If theres no disc in the drive, the battery doesn't need to access the drive, so no battery life spent. The op drive is perfect for all the obvious reasons; if it breaks, you got yourself a cheaper MacAir...right?

Again, it would probably be easier to "synch" ya shit with usb drives then with software where your at the whim of your connection speed...either way, its not as if synching software blows usb 2.0 out the water.
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