Looking for a QUALITY Floppy Drive...

[The Pentium Guy]

... not really.

My real question is: When will CD/DVD burners get to the point where you'll laugh when you see a thread on Anandtech saying "Looking for a QUALITY DVD Burner!"

-TPG

 

[overst33r]

I think CD burners will become extinct before that happens, they are already being included in DVD burners so whats the point in getting a CD burner when a DVD burner is almost as cheap...

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Good point. I still use CDs though... especially for ISOs and small backups. I just don't use a CD burner. In fact many OEMs are starting to include DVD burners for comps > $700 (my dad just bought a $700 HP with a 15" flatpanel and he got a 12X DVD-RW with it).

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I cant wait until our removable media drive is a little slot in your computer where you place in a 4-10GB SD or CF card or something like that. And they cost te same as a cheap CD-R

 

[Bona Fide]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
I cant wait until our removable media drive is a little slot in your computer where you place in a 4-10GB SD or CF card or something like that. And they cost te same as a cheap CD-R

Just like I can't wait for 100% efficient cars.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

im going to be dust when that happens.

 

[Farmer]

And I came in here thinking I could find a high-end floppy drive... how dissappointing...

 

[suicidalpigeon]

they're all the same. you'll basically be paying more for the brand names.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: Farmer
And I came in here thinking I could find a high-end floppy drive... how dissappointing...

MFG! I've had my "crappy" NEC floppy drive FAIL on me, causing WRITE errors on the disk! Ugh. .

 

[Crescent13]

It won't be long with blue-ray and hd-dvd coming out.


wafflesandsyrup, I suggest you change your sig before bunny gains world domination. After he does, he will destroy you if he sees that.

 

[Hacp]

Cd drives aren't the ones that replaced floppies. USB flash drives replaced floppies. I wonder when they will start making 10GB flash drives........... For 20 cents (2 cents per GB).

 

[Farmer]

Yeah, but that is also bunny.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

i like to be the rebellius one of the group, crescent, dont be jealous.

 

[imported_Kensai]

I'll be there when they give us free samples of 10PB USB flash drives.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

It won't be long with blue-ray and hd-dvd coming out.

! I'll have to check this out....never really heard of it.

 

[kitkat22]

I believe 4GB flash drives are already in existence, but they cost the pretty penny. I suspect it won't be long before we see both USB 3.0 and 16GB USB drives.

 

[w00t]

my careface : |

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Cd drives aren't the ones that replaced floppies. USB flash drives replaced floppies. I wonder when they will start making 10GB flash drives........... For 20 cents (2 cents per GB).

I wish USB flash drives could replace floppies. I spend a couple hours trying to get my flash drive to load up partition magic.... couldn't figure out how to do it! Maybe I'm dumb, but I just gave up and bought a $20 USB floppy drive.

 

[Bona Fide]

Originally posted by: Kensai
I'll be there when they give us free samples of 10PB USB flash drives.

I haven't even seen free samples of floppies or CD-R's. What makes you think they're gonna do it with flash drives?