Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 09:53:31 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I have a CD-rom! Message-ID: <199710171553.JAA20329@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199710170547.PAA01009@word.smith.net.au> References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971016220039.8032C-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> <199710170547.PAA01009@word.smith.net.au>
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> > Well, I just shopped around Fry's today and found myself a PCCARD-based > > cdrom. My laptop supplier just spent two months getting me *another* > > printer-port based unit! I was pretty annoyed so I just bought the thing > > myself. > > Hah. This is what you get for not thinking ahead and buying a laptop > with one integrated. People laugh at me for recommending this; > "they're so BIG and HEAVY", but when I slap a CD in and blast them out > of the room, or suck stuff off one to save the day, well, who's > laughing THEN? 8) I would be, since I use a CD 2% of the time, and am on the road 15% of the time, lugging around a useless CD-ROM plus all of the 'support' weight for having the flexiblity. And, when *your* batteries go dead on a trip across the country (which they will fairly quickly), I can still listen to my CD's on the headphones. (Assuming I've brought the player along :) Nate
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