Re: Introducing a limited floppy edition of Cyberpunk 2077!

On 4/2/2024 7:00 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

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. ;-)
  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).
 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.

I've got space for putting in drives in my big ass tower.  I don't have any though.  In the past I've had problems with every single internal CD or DVD player/writer I've  bought for a PC.  I have an external CD-DVD player I've never had any issue with.  It's in a drawer, which shows how often I use it.  I think I used it once in the last 3 years.
The CD format may eventually make a comeback as supposedly some company claims they can fit 1.6 petabytes on one.  By the time they get it to market that probably won't be that impressive though.
I got rid of the majority of my floppies in my last move, and haven't had any use for one.
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