Optical drives not missed in ultraportables?

hendra · 01-10-2008, 01:18 AM

I can't live without an internal optical drive. I am a regular customer of NetFlix so having to use an external drive all the time is too much of inconvenience.

moon angel · 01-10-2008, 03:01 AM

My only issue with having no optical drive on a UP is that I would like to use my UP as a mobile DVD player as well...

powerpack · 01-10-2008, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by moon angel

My only issue with having no optical drive on a UP is that I would like to use my UP as a mobile DVD player as well...

If you were rich you could have both! And maybe even a desktop for gaming! Sad we are not rich eh? Don't people who have UP usually use for specialized purposes? I only have a notebook I don't use my CD/DVD much (Watched two movies in one year) and have never burned DVD. So I see how you can live without optical drive (flash drives are bigger than Cd's now and cheap).

klutchrider · 01-10-2008, 06:18 AM

I have another computer if I need something for burning purposes, but also my house is networked so I can easily transfer files to it. Another thing like the poster above me or a few above *I forgot* flash drives are pretty cheap nowadays that the necessity for it is definitely growing thin.

bani · 01-13-2008, 09:43 PM

i'd rather have an extra battery bay (or better battery life... period!) than an optical drive.

who needs an integrated optical drive when you have usb/1394/ethernet/wifi?

bani · 03-15-2008, 08:08 AM

fujitsu has the superior option here -- the media bay. if you want an optical drive you can have it. but if you want a longer battery life, just remove the drive and put the extended battery in there. best of both worlds.

i don't understand why more vendors don't do this. it's an excellent design.

John Ratsey · 03-15-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bani

fujitsu has the superior option here -- the media bay.

i don't understand why more vendors don't do this. it's an excellent design.

Except that Fujitsu have not included this option in the P8010.!

John

Rahul · 03-15-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by John Ratsey

Except that Fujitsu have not included this option in the P8010.!

John

Yes, a really strange move since that was one feature that set their P series apart from most other competitors like the Vaio T series.

I would like more notebooks to have modular bay options to remove the optical drive when not needed and put in another battery or hard drive (well, who wouldn't?)

epbrown · 03-15-2008, 05:17 PM

The advantage of removing the optical drive for a 2nd hard drive is is to save weight and increase storage. However, if you ever need to take the DVD drive with you, this advantage is negated. Which is easier to carry around and less likely to get damaged, an external DVD drive or SD card, MemoryStick, USB 2.0 drive, ExpressCard or even a 100GB 1.8" drive in a small enclosure?

I'd rather have the DVD built-in and carry a couple of ounces of external storage. I've got a 16GB drive on my key ring now, in fact. Even easier to get a 16GB stick or SD card (heck, both!) and leave it in the TZ all the time. Best of both worlds.

bani · 03-15-2008, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by John Ratsey

Except that Fujitsu have not included this option in the P8010.!

John

yes, it's a very stupid move by fujitsu. the p8010 has NO advantage over any other competitor laptop because of this reason. the other P have advantage because of the media bay.