On Thu, February 5, 2009 16:29, Craig Falconer wrote: > Andrew Errington wrote, On 05/02/09 15:20: > >> I like my Aspire One. I think I will like it more with Linux, but that >> entails investing some effort into the process, plus outlaying cash >> for an external DVD drive. Oh, and an external hard drive for backups >> (Noel's >> has one for $90 160Gb. I swear I am not on commission!) > > We had a desperate need for a USB connected CDROM here... so I connected > a 5.25" CDROM drive to a 3.5" hard drive IDE USB adapter, and it worked > well enough. Needed mains power of course. > > You don't necessarily need an expensive portable laptop optical drive.
True, but I want to carry it with me when travelling. Andrew
