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[mybike]

Go for the built-in optical drive. You don't want to drag along another box and PSU when you go on holiday.......and you probably don't need a faster processor anyway.
Resist the terrible "I must upgrade" bollocks.

Except the question is, how often do you use an optical drive.

 

[PeteXXX]

It's Halloween, folks!

 

[Reynard]

Oh... Congrats @deptfordmarmoset as being the first poster on Page 7000 if this thread.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Except the question is, how often do you use an optical drive.

I missed an optical drive on my old laptop so I got a new one with one about a year ago. I think I've used it once! One of those things it's nice to have even though I hardly ever use it.

 

[Reynard]

Except the question is, how often do you use an optical drive.

Not that often...

I remember the first laptop* I bought without a floppy disk drive. I thought "however will I cope" but in the end, I never missed it. I do occasionally watch DVDs on this lappy though and burn the odd CD, but that's about it. Nice to have, easily done with an external drive that can sit in the "bits" cupboard when I don't need to use it.

* barring my first PC, which was a Dell desktop way back in 1996, I've only ever had laptops.

 

[slowmotion]

Except the question is, how often do you use an optical drive.

A fair bit. I use it to play CDs though headphones when I go to strange places.

 

[Reynard]

A fair bit. I use it to play CDs though headphones when I go to strange places.

Hmmm, I've got an MP3 player for that.

I'm more likely to pack several books...

 

[Illaveago]

The treacle tritters are about !

 

[mybike]

Umm, what are these holidays of which you speak? My current laptop has an optical drive - I do use it, but not a great deal anymore, because a USB stick is a much easier way to transfer and share files. I might watch the odd DVD, but that's about it, so losing it would not be a big thing.

I should say, this laptop is 15 years old (Windows Vista, 1Gb RAM, Centrino Duo processor) and really struggles with internet stuff now. The problems I've been having started around the date Win 11 was released, and I think it's no coincidence. But there's nothing wrong with this machine otherwise as far as I can tell, so I'll still carry on using it for things I don't need the internet for.

FYI, the T430 dates from 2012, the T460 from 2016. So the later machine is still no spring chicken. The ones I'm looking at both have 8Gb RAM and a 256 Gb SSD, but it's just which would future-proof me better...

My HP EliteBook 8470p is from 2012 but since I don't run M$ Windows I can't say how you'll get on with whatever they've installed. Certainly my HP runs Linux Mint very well, Firefox or Chrome. Sadly your image software doesn't run on Linux.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The treacle tritters are about !

It's the Twitter Tweaks we have to worry about.

 

[mybike]

Wet & windy here too. Before it got too dark to see, I noticed next door had a developing puddle, hopefully it won't develop into a flood.

Fire lit & cosy.

 

[Reynard]

Fire is on here too.

Arsenal are 2-0 up.

 

[classic33]

My sat nav appears to have taken me to Hillyfax!

Nightmare journey, motorways closed, crashes, breakdowns bringing "smart" motorways to a total halt, all accompanied by biblical rainstorms.

I'm now in KØBENHAVN Kaffebar relaxing with a Steady Rolling Man - a truly classic craft beer.

You're under the glass roof at Westgate then. Inside or outside?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You're under the glass roof at Westgate then. Inside or outside?

Inside, I got wet enough outside to feel I'd earnt a seat in the warm.

 

[classic33]

Inside, I got wet enough outside to feel I'd earnt a seat in the warm.

Fair enough.
There's a rooftop bar just up the road from there.
If you're interested.