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Dell Precision M6600

Dell Precision M6600

The Precision M6600 is a hefty investment and it won't win points for elegance. However, this is a solid and highly configurable mobile workstation that should perform well with a wide range of demanding workloads. Read more

15 February, 2012 by Charles McLellan
Lenovo's ThinkPad E420s: A personal take

Lenovo's ThinkPad E420s: A personal take

...and that's what this is. Pros: a mid-sized screen, a DVD drive, beefy discrete graphics, the latest Sandy Bridge processor, a high-quality... Read more

4 May, 2011 by David Meyer

HP Pavilion dm1-4010ez - Installing Linux Mint 12

...big for CD-R). Insert the USB stick or connect the USB DVD drive, turn on power and press F9 (the boot device selection key... Read more

5 January, 2012

HP Pavilion dm1-4010ez - Better Luck This Time?

...difference that is pretty much in the price range of the external DVD drive, so that seems reasonable. The first thing to do is load... Read more

4 January, 2012

Fedora 16 (Verne) Released

...you plug in removable media (i.e. a USB flash drive, CD/DVD drive, SD memory card, etc.), this icon appears. I find this an... Read more

8 November, 2011
Photos: building a NAS server

Photos: building a NAS server

...OSes (and FreeNAS itself) using just a USB memory stick, making a DVD drive unnecessary. The fourth and last system fan header and three management... Read more

23 August, 2011 by Manek Dubash
Sony refreshes Vaio laptops

Sony refreshes Vaio laptops

...A 500GB hard drive, 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, Bluetooth 2.1 and a DVD drive round off the specs. The notebooks come in black or silver... Read more

23 February, 2011 by Ben Woods
HP EliteBook 8540p

HP EliteBook 8540p

HP's EliteBook 8540p has a superb keyboard and is packed with top-notch features, including a couple of USB 3.0 ports. It's expensive, but you're paying for top-quality components and solid build. The standard battery is unlikely to see you through a full working day though. Read more

7 July, 2010 by Sandra Vogel

New PC, Old OS: A simple story

...prompt you for the appropriate driver disk, which was waiting in the DVD drive). The whole process took less than 15 minutes and two reboots... Read more

17 March, 2012

Graphene coated DVD + LightScribe = Supercapacitor

...and out quickly, there isn’t much of it. Using the Lightscribe DVD drive and a helping of graphene, the researchers have produced an electrode... Read more

16 March, 2012

CES 2012: New Acer ultrabooks and tablets

...light with long battery life, but adding a second spindle with a DVD drive and dedicated graphics. Built using Intel Core-series processors, the Timeline... Read more

9 January, 2012

Samsung 305U - Part 2, Linux Preparation and openSuSE Installation

Just to be complete and accurate, please note the correction in the title of this post - apparently the general... Read more

27 December, 2011

Samsung NP-P580 Notebook and Linux, of Course

I have been looking for a replacement for my main notebook/desktop system for quite a while now. It will soon be four... Read more

21 September, 2011

Windows 7 driver signing conundrum

...on the error code says: If the device is a CD or DVD drive, use the Automated Troubleshooting Service, at the Microsoft Support Web site... Read more

9 September, 2011
Acer Aspire Ethos adds removable touchpad

Acer Aspire Ethos adds removable touchpad

...resolution. They can also be configured to include a Blu-ray or DVD drive. Photo credit: Acer Get the latest technology news and analysis, blogs... Read more

7 June, 2011 by Ben Woods

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