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Re: switch to DVD
by MandrakeUser on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @06:24

Reality check: I don't own a dvd recorder, and I know _nobody_ who owns one. DVD recorders will be standard in a couple years. And this is assuming the industry stops fscking around with incompatible formats:

http://www.dvd-recorders-guide.com/dvd-recorder-formats.html

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Re: switch to DVD
by Leny on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @07:20

Here almost everybody who likes computers has a DVD burner. It just doesn't make sense to buy a computer with a CD-ROM burner now, and to buy a brand new burner, as stated in the thread, is just 50-80. Come on, even 4 extra-pizzas and a six pack can be more expensive ;)

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Re: switch to DVD
by Roey Katz on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @11:42

You make it sound inexpensive like that, but it's all a matter of perception.
You can also say "Come on, even a dinner at Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill in New York can be more expensive!" (and Mesa Grill is rather expensive).

How much of the money I spend on a DVD burner goes to the MPAA?

Roey

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Re: switch to DVD
by George Moody on Wednesday 25/Aug/2004, @15:11

What about those of us who do not want to buy (or cannot afford to buy) a new computer? My 2 year old laptop doesn't even have a CD burner but it is still very usable for Linux/KDE. There is no need for me to buy a new PC, and YES I do like computers but no I don't want to waste money buying things I don't need. Or cannot use as the laptop isn't upgradeable.

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Re: switch to DVD
by chris on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @09:18

look at the prices of dvd recorders , and you see imidiatly that *everyone* has one.
the only people that have none are you and your friends.

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Re: switch to DVD
by veton on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @10:27

This is not true. I bought my computer last year (medion). It has nearly everything you could expect from a computer at that time (cd RW, DVD reader, smart card readers,..) but it does'nt have a DVD writer...
Not everyone does upgrade or buy a new computer each year.

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Re: switch to DVD
by Alex on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @11:16

At least here in California almost everyoen I know has a DVD burner.

My family has oen for each computer, even the laptop. Though we only have one dual layer DVD burner.

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Re: switch to DVD
by chris on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @12:54

you are the minority - face it - and dont complain.

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Re: switch to DVD
by MandrakeUser on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @12:58

Maybe I am missing something ?
Maybe Free Software is about helping each other instead of being anal ?

In the end, this is nosense. The best way to do this is to open up a poll in the project page for knoppix. And ask Knoppix users if they want the switch.

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Re: switch to DVD
by chris on Tuesday 24/Aug/2004, @13:01

yes but there always people saying of i have no Feature A (dvdplayer) so why should the world need this. This really sux - those people have a problem , they have nothing to say but want to express for the whole world.

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Re: switch to DVD
by Andre Somers on Wednesday 25/Aug/2004, @00:01

Does the fact that Knoppix is distributed in a CD format prevent you from using it then? I thought DVD burners can burn CD's too? If that's the case, the situation is exactly the opposite from what you claim: "I have feature A, what do I care if the rest of the world does not and would not be able to use the software?"

André
not owning a DVD burner either.

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Re: switch to DVD
by ac on Wednesday 25/Aug/2004, @02:52

> Does the fact that Knoppix is distributed in a CD format prevent you
> from using it then?

In a way it does. A CD is too small for a modern distro, so
it must be crippled to fit on that medium.

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Re: switch to DVD
by Annoyed Parent on Wednesday 25/Aug/2004, @15:19

Chris,

You obviously live in a world where your parents have spoilt you by buying all the new toys and by them not pointing out that you are a priviledged little pillock (an English word for idiot who knows no better). Not everybody has a DVD recorder for TV or a DVD burner in their PC, in fact most of the world's population do not have a PC.

Go get a life and an understanding of the real world, not that one you inhabit in your bedroom.

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