Comments on: Are netbooks leading to a surge in optical disc drive sales?

By: wedding dresses

wedding dresses — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:31:00 +0000

I hope that is a helpful start. Honestly, someone would need to be there in person to help you do this if the basic directions don’t work.

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:14:13 +0000

It would depend on the operating system running on each computer, but in the simplest scenario, each computer would be logged onto the network through your wireless router. If your desktop is using Windows XP, you would go into “my computer”, right click on your DVD/CD-ROM drive, and look for an option or check-box that will enable “sharing”. Enable this. Reboot your desktop computer. Now start your netbook. Hopefully you will be able to see the DVD/CD-ROM drive under “Network Places” or “Network Neighborhood” or “Network” (depend on which version of Windows you are running). These would be found under “My Computer” or “Computer”.

I hope that is a helpful start. Honestly, someone would need to be there in person to help you do this if the basic directions don't work. There are a lot of variables involved in networking

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:12:01 +0000

I hope that is a helpful start. Honestly, someone would need to be there in person to help you do this if the basic directions don't work. There are a lot of variables involved in networking

By: Meri Reinhold

Meri Reinhold — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:05:02 +0000

Dear Writer, I read your comments with interest. I just bought a netbook and I'd like to install some software using the optical drive on my desktop computer. Can you share with me the steps required to do that? I have a wireless router as well. Any help you could give me would be appreciated.
Meri Reinhold
meri5@juno.com

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:14:13 +0000

I hope that is a helpful start. Honestly, someone would need to be there in person to help you do this if the basic directions don't work. There are a lot of variables involved in networking

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:12:01 +0000

I hope that is a helpful start. Honestly, someone would need to be there in person to help you do this if the basic directions don't work. There are a lot of variables involved in networking

By: Meri Reinhold

Meri Reinhold — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:05:02 +0000

By: Rayman

Rayman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:13:02 +0000

Although having an external optical drive isn't really necessary, I found a slot-loading blue-ray disc/DVD writer combo drive for very cheap. It's made by opti-ac? I forget the actual name… it's the JV brand between Sony and Nec or someone else…

Basically I use it to install OSes on my netbook (too lazy to empty a flash drive every time, and properly setup the CD image on it every time), plus I use it sometimes to watch DVDs on my Popcorn hour… I think it justifies the purchase.

By: nobody_mini

nobody_mini — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:07:07 +0000

I just bought a slimline DVD/CD drive for my Dell Mini 9. I don't need an external drive very often, but I've run into the occassional need away from home, so the network share option is not viable and the full size external DVD drive I currently have is too cumbersome to carry with me everywhere I go. The slimline drive is small enough that it doesn't impact the weight of the carry case I use for transporting the Mini 9.

By: freeman70

freeman70 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:23:06 +0000

I bought an LG slim DVD burner and don't regret it. It's super small and light and has been very reliable. Best of all, I can connect it to my MSI Wind with a single USB cable for data and power. That impressed me the most. They included an external power adapter in case your laptop or netbook's USB ports are unable provide enough power but I have never had to use it with my MSI Wind. It also makes Linux and Windows 7 installs super easy.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:09:16 +0000

How 20th Century – - Backup your files? Who does that?

With the price and capacity of disk drives these days, just
toss the full one on the shelf when it fills up.

By: Raffaele

Raffaele — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:02:39 +0000

A design with a thin battery at the front of the computer, moving the centre of gravity forward would fix that .

By: uncola

uncola — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:50:41 +0000

Raffael I think the reason no one has put a slot loading optical drive behind the screen is that the keyboard part of the netbook is so light, it would get tipped over.. the original msi wind has a bit of that problem and it doesn't even have an optical drive in the lid

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:28:16 +0000

Linux OS can be installed on a netbook using either a USB flash memory stick or a SD or SDHC flash disk. For some distributions, you need to use the Unetbootin program, but for other the install software can be transferred to the flash disk using the dd command.

Once you have the OS installed, additional Linux software can be downloaded and installed from online repositories using the package manager.

There is no need at all to purchase an extra external optical drive to get full use out of a netbook.

By: a.cantos

a.cantos — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:54:23 +0000

i only use my dvd drive whenever i like to burn some pictures or videos.