From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 24 18:40:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F33E106566C for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:40:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE69A8FC0C for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:40:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nAOIeZLr097925; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:40:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5B560BAAE; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:40:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:40:35 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20091124184035.GA87829@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20091124004035.GA51168@thought.org> <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9015E48BB@www.fcimail.org> <20091124024315.GB51279@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091124024315.GB51279@thought.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: hp 10-in mini? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:40:38 -0000 --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--