The other day, I was trying to figure out which Plextor CDR drive to get. One drive could do 40x writes, while the other could do 20x writes but also read DVDs as well.
I’ve ordered the latter, for reasons of longevity. Sure, 40x is nice, but it only works out to a 3-minute burn instead of a 4-minute burn. And, I expect that more and more software may be available in DVD versions.
I’ve also ordered a new hard drive. 120 GB should be enough room for Linux, eh? ;).
I’m glad I have a job that affords me the ability to buy new hardware from time to time.
120 GB? Nah…My newest aquisition has 340 MB for me to play with BSD in. :)
NEC MobilePro 770 palmtop with an IBM Microdrive. Should run NetBSD-hpcmips quite nicely.