Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:40:35 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hp 10-in mini? Message-ID: <20091124184035.GA87829@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20091124024315.GB51279@thought.org> References: <20091124004035.GA51168@thought.org> <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9015E48BB@www.fcimail.org> <20091124024315.GB51279@thought.org>
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--d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 06:43:15PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > But as you mentioned they do not come with optical drive bays, but wi= th > > with 4/8/16 gig flash drives no one really cares- >=20 > do you mean what i know as "thumb drives"? stick-like thing > you just plug in? i've never used these and am unfamiliar. =20 They're very handy. You can even get them op to 32 GiB these days, although those are expensive. An 8 GiB model can be had for around $20 from newegg. That is 2 DVDs worth of rewritable space in a package about the size of your thumb.=20 > one reason i want an optical drive is for when i watch a > movie/dvd/cd on my tiny notebook.=20 If you re-encode the movies you can make them much smaller than a DVD. Even= in high quality you can fit a movie (without the annoying crap that you cannot skip in a stand-alone DVD player) in 2 GiB. > indication that i've gone completely 'round the bend. another > reason for using the optical drive might be to save things > from the notebook if everything else is down... If you cannot fit a backup on a thumbdrive, get a USB-connected portable harddisk. They are superior to a DVD, IMO. You can even get thwm up to a terabyte now! But you could get a 500 GiB model for around $80. E.g. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16822211029 Some models need an external power supply, but the one in the link above ge= ts all its power from USB. It's about the size of an iPhone. These portable harddisks are my favorite backup devices these days. I do use geli(8) to encrypt the contents in case of loss or theft.=20 > altho raison d'etre [dont laugh at my spelling, please] for > wanting such a small computer is to use it as a speech device, Recording or playback? Laptop speakers and microphones aren't very good IMHO. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksMKKMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUXsgCfSaKIvcNIoFZSyM+quGj1yvmZ 0aEAn3jyG0JZwJfwsMl8J6+XtG1HBVfw =exsB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND--
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