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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/26/09

    In reply to Dell 14z Laptop Reviewed: Pretty Slim, Pretty Light, Pretty Cheap
    Not bad.
    As for the optical drive, well I don't really use 'em on a laptop that much anymore.

    Maybe for installs, but all my media has been ripped to my computer at this point and even installs are on my server now.

    I dunno, it only seems important for installs nowadays, at least for me.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/25/09

    In reply to Dell 14z Laptop Reviewed: Pretty Slim, Pretty Light, Pretty Cheap
    Pretty interesting...
    But my number one priority right now is a tablet netbook.

    Also, I'm still stuck with my Dell XPS 1330 which had to have it's mainboard replaced 3 times (in two years) already due to NVidia chipset failure. Warranty is over now, so I can't even play games on it fearing the chipset will overheat again.

    And I promised myself to never ever spend this much money on a laptop with NVidia graphics card. I don't care if ATI is worse, overheats or whatever... my old Acer lappie had an ATI X700 mobility card and never failed on me once.
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    Image of IverMussaid IverMussaid
    07/25/09

    In reply to Dell 14z Laptop Reviewed: Pretty Slim, Pretty Light, Pretty Cheap
    Unless you want to watch movies, play games, install software, or make long-term backups, I don't see a reason for them.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/25/09

    @IverMussaid: External DVD/CD drive. Not as seamless a setup as a built-in optical, but where other than home are you going to go around installing new software most of the time?
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    07/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I dunno about you, but I prefer to install my software while skydiving. It would be very dangerous to have a DVD drive flapping about on a USB cable while I'm trying to read the EULA and pull my chute's ripcord.
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    07/25/09

    @tcolberg: That's completely ridiculous. Who on earth reads the EULA?
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    07/25/09

    In reply to Dell 14z Laptop Reviewed: Pretty Slim, Pretty Light, Pretty Cheap
    A 14 inch laptop has no reason to be sold with out an optical drive.
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    07/25/09

    @Kerfudle: optical drives are going the way of the floppy. unless you wanna use it to watch movies than i don't see a reason for 'em.
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    Image of walker2151 walker2151
    07/25/09

    @Nick: DeusExMach needs a star: isn't most legally purchased software distributed on optical discs?
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    Image of Kerfudle has free , and ... Kerfudle has free , and ...
    07/25/09

    @walker2151:
    And legally purchased windows doesn't come in anything except a cd.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/25/09

    @walker2151: i have downloaded most of the software i purchased in the last few years.
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    07/25/09

    @Kerfudle: you can buy a cd key and not have a cd.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/25/09

    @walker2151: I'm pretty sure that's the other way around, though I don't have the numbers to show for it. Lots and lots of suites are being distributed over the web, rather than in retail packaging.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/25/09

    @walker2151: Not the last... 10 games I purchased recently no.
    But yeah, I guess most people still buy the optical media.
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    07/25/09

    @Kerfudle: How's that so?
    No reason for you maybe, but tons of people will be interested in this.

    I for one only use a DVD drive only when I need to backup some stuff, so it's dead weight when I carry my laptop around.
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    07/25/09

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi:
    Well considering this laptop is deadweight in general, then it should be fit with an optical drive. Its not thin its beveled from 0.8 inches to 1.22 inches. Its not small its a 14 inch laptop. Also most laptops with a screen size greater than 13 inches are for media or pro use.
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    Image of jtwesley17 jtwesley17
    11/24/08

    In reply to Slot Loading Xbox 360 Uses Guts of an iMac
    WOAH! slot loading video game machines! I haven't seen that since my ps3 i bought 2 years ago.


    p.s. it plays BLURAY too ^_^

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    11/24/08

    @jtwesley17: I was going to make a crack about it not playing Gears of War 2 but then I remembered that the PS3 plays Little Big Planet which is, in the end, a far better and more innovative game.
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    11/24/08

    In reply to Slot Loading Xbox 360 Uses Guts of an iMac
    Oh yeah baby. Slide it in there good. You know it gets me all hot when you slide your disk in there like that.


    Well, either that or the massive heat that the XBox emits.

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