Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:45:15 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended laptop for FreeBSD 10.2 Xfce workstation? Message-ID: <20160402124515.298a6c3a8da16cd571daf1b6@getmail.no> In-Reply-To: <56FF3465.7090804@holgerdanske.com> References: <56F6290E.10500@holgerdanske.com> <20160331142243.6e81d13b04bb549362a1fea2@getmail.no> <56FF3465.7090804@holgerdanske.com>
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 19:54:29 -0700 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 03/31/2016 05:22 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > 4. Why do you want to have an optical drive built into your laptop? Do you use optical media that often? For me, I use optical media rarely these days, so a usb connected optical reader / burner is enough. > > a. So I can boot from disc -- for installation and running live discs. For me, this is writing an image to a usb stick and running / installing from that. It has been for several years now. These days, I is very rarely encounter machines that can't boot from usb. YMMV. > b. So I can burn discs -- music to CD, video to DVD/ BD, data to > whatever size makes sense. > > c. So I can read discs. For me, these activities happen seldom enough that an external writer with usb connection is good enough. Again, YMMV. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no>
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