Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > Another possibility is having an external optical unit, but it requires > and extra power supply (that means more cables around)
Hmm, actually modern optical external drives don't seem to need a power supply, at least those that run off USB. I bought the _cheapest_ external optical drive I could find in a local electronics store, merely to read CDs -- but the even the cheapest external USB drive they had (pretty cheap, like $40-50? I forget) was tiny (like a slightly thick CD case, with a few more cm in one dimension) ran off of USB power, and was also capable of reading DVDs and burning CDs and DVDs. I don't use it so often, so mostly it just sits in a drawer, but it's so small I don't really care, and it's nice to have it around for those rare occasions when it's handy. When I buy a new computer, of course, I won't have to even think about it -- it will still sit in the drawer waiting to be used. :] USB will still be around for a few more computer generations at least, and for optical drives (maybe unlike hard disks) its speed is perfectly acceptable. ... and I bought this a few years ago; I imagine they're even cheaper and more capable now. -Miles -- Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive, there is something wrong with him. -- Art Buchwald -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/buomxgkexly....@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com