Comments on: Can You Go "Optical-Less"?

By: Jerome

Jerome — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:29:03 +0000

There are a lot of games on steam but not all the good ones. For a gamer it would be pointless. I don’t say it’s not the future just impractical right now. Once 8GB flash memory comes down to the pennies like DVD-Rs then you wont need a drive. In reality downloading everything will be the future but even that will have its set backs because of companies not keeping up with consumer bandwidth. That and the future of net neutrality. The physical form may hold longer that we expect. Games on a memory card would take up less space for a retailer, that intern would require less store place which will be cheaper. That should replace loss from online sales.

By: biggeek

biggeek — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:21:50 +0000

If you’re building a machine that’s worth a damn you are going to spend at minimum $350-500 (depending on purpose). If you are already on spending that amount there is no reason to NOT have an optical drive. At $25 for a full out sata dvd/cd burner with lightscribe support the optical drive is a convenience that is worth having. Yes, it is a convenience, but for the cost, its a good one to have.
In some sorts it’s sort of like an internal media card reader – not necessary but for $10, why not? It’s convenient.

By: gadgets

gadgets — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:19:48 +0000

thanks for idea I have merely gone through your blog, but sorry gentle man I am not going to built computer.

By: justin

justin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:46:20 +0000

Well yes you could go without an optical drive.
but what if you wanted to burn a movie, cd or game?
then you’d have to go search for you external drive
then it would be out in your way.
its not that bad to have an optical drive.