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| mvsfan:
--- Quote from: WhereEaglesDare on March 14, 2010, 08:44:41 pm --- --- Quote from: mvsfan on March 14, 2010, 07:55:51 pm --- now, the only way to go is the Ultimate boot cd. --- End quote --- Agreed, I got it on a bootable thumbdrive since all types of hard media is obsolete, CD,DVDs, even BluRays, obsolete. --- End quote --- Blu Ray was Obsolete when it came out, as was Hd Dvd. The main testament to that are the simple facts that nobody really noticed a huge difference if any at all when it came out. when Dvds came out they were completely the answer to everybodys complaints about VHS. When VHS came out, it provided many answers to peoples complaints about BETA. Their isnt a very large difference between DVD and Blue Ray however, Hence the slow adoption of it. Of course, if your looking to store data, Blue ray offers a larger capacity than DVD. But with all of the increasingly larger and larger Solid state devices appearing on the market, your options and dollars are much better spent to pass on Blu Ray. |
| WhereEaglesDare:
Of course then the eventual conclusion is that even thumb drives will be obsolete and all data will be transferred over the internet through some sort of share drive or cloud network. |
| Warborg:
--- Quote from: WhereEaglesDare on March 14, 2010, 07:13:20 pm ---http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132009&Tpk=rc-212 I have used a couple of these in file servers I have built, they work great (in WinXP, haven't tried vista or 7 yet) Real easy to configure, and VERY RELIABLE. Plus, it has an extra IDE connector so you could potentially add 4 more drives just from this card, 2 SATA + 2 IDE. For 20 (This Card) and 80 bucks you got 1 TB SATA internal, when the externals are about the same price, but I think this is much more reliable than any external. and if you are going to buy a new hard drive ONLY BUY WESTERN DIGITAL AND NEVER BUY A SEAGATE. --- End quote --- It's interesting how a few tainted experiences condemn a whole brand... :) I work on PCs constantly, been building/maintaning/supporting PCs for the better part of 20 years... And I've seen different brands go through their highs and lows. Currently, I've had the best successes with Seagate, using them in multiple systems for years and friends PCs as well without a single failure. Good success with WD, but had a couple of very odd compatibility issues with their 1TB Black Edition drive to the point where I had to pop it in a different system as the one I was installing it on just didn't want to tolerate it... And lastly, Maxtor... I haven't used their drives in a while now, and the main reason for that is when I DID use them, I had almost every single one die prematurely. |
| Blanka:
For general retro gaming, the avarage USB drive is probably faster than the original roms. For most use the speed will be perfectly adequate. |
| mwong168:
I have all my roms shared on my media server which I access via drive map on my HTPC, netbook, laptop, bartop and showcase arcade. Works great and takes an extra few seconds to load (only for games that have CHD's) but at least I don't have to worry about updating my roms in 5 seperate places. Also my media server has 18tb so space will not be an issue for a while :o |
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