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Computers and Software => Computers and Software - General => Topic started by: Frog on November 28, 2015, 10:04:14 AM
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I'm looking at laptops for my son, and noticed a review that gave a ding to one for not having a DVD drive so that he couldn't install another OS.
Can't that and other similar operations be done through the USB port?
In fact, with a 128 Meg usb3 flash drive now available very reasonably, couldn't one run applications and even boot from that if they wished?
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I've been installing OS's from USB sticks for years.... works great.. but it does take a bit of work to get the os image loaded on one..
btw, I think you meant 128 Gig USB stick :)
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I've been installing OS's from USB sticks for years.... works great.. but it does take a bit of work to get the os image loaded on one..
btw, I think you meant 128 Gig USB stick :)
Is that long time with usb3?
Oh, and for the capacity, Yep, dumb mistake, that would have been a while ago that that was considered adequate. In fact I still remember a neighbor of mine going to a big sale at the Cow Palace years ago joking about whether we'd need a hard drive as large as a gig! LOL!
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Is that long time with usb3?
No.. I used USB2, but the principles are the same... in fact a USB2 stick was still faster than a dvd reader.
-J
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...but 3 screams!
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And it's gotten easier with ISO to USB stick tools that they have put out these days.
I run several tools, including a full linux system, off of a USB stick for troubleshooting and fixing systems every day.
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Most laptops do not have them anymore. It makes the laptops a little thinner and lighter weight. Most programs are downloads now. I bought an external CD drive which connects via USB.
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the cd/dvd drawer used to provide the space replaced by an additional ssd drive as well
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I've had my laptop for 2 years now and never used the CD drive. I actually had to look and see if it had one ahah.
Everything's downloadable nowadays. If it's not, you'll get it as a USB stick