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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Introducing a limited floppy edition of Cyberpunk 2077!
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 15:20:12 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:00 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 13:10:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>Mike S <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote at 12:53 this Tuesday (GMT):
>
>>> I bought my computer a few years ago. It not only has no drives but it
>>> has no bays to put drives into. Seriously, that is when I realized
>>> that physical media was dead on the PC.
>
>>At least external USB drives exist.. unless it doesn't have that either.
>
> No, he said he bought a computer, not a Mac. ;-)

Good one!

>
> My newest PC is seriously limited in drive-bays too. It has no
> external bays (so no floppy, optical or tape drives, nor any 'fun' LCD
> displays), and its two 3.5" internal drive bays are essentially after
> thoughts, inconveniently hidden beneath the front panel and difficult
> to access (even the niches for 2.5" SSDs are somewhat hidden).

Yeah, I miss having the disk and wifi lights on my old T410.

> Coming from my previous PC, which had five external bays and at least
> as many internal, the lack of upgrade options is jarring. Then again,
> I knew this when I bought the PC. I could have opted for a better
> chassis, but I didn't feel like paying the premium. Anyway, I still
> have my older towers, so if I /really/ to, I can always transfer the
> motherboard into the old case.
>
> I don't need to use discs often... but when I do - whether floppy,
> zip, optical or SD card -  having external drives already in the drive
> is a very welcome feature. Having to dig through the drawers trying to
> find the necessary USB device is annoying. 


Or buying it.
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