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    external HD or DVD player, power consumption?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Aumakua, Jun 30, 2010.

  1. Aumakua

    Aumakua Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I am installing a 160GB SSD drive in the next week and am wondering if I should buy an external enclosure for $15-$20 for the Dell 160GB 5200 Hard drive and use that for movies or if I should just get an external DVD player. I can buy a 16GB jump drive and external HD enclosure for the same price of a DVD/CD burner. so those are my two choices because if I have the DVD player I won't need the jump drive or external HD, so the real issue is really power consumption, will the DVD player or HD use more power? I am obviously thinking "how much movie watching time will I have with no nearby outlet"
     
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    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Aumakua - Good questions. Please utilize search. Loads of great info already on all these subjects. If you read through some of the threads I bet you will get answers to your questions and a whole lot more...

    BW,

    StevenX
     
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    Yeah I did a search, found a few threads but no good answers, just speculation, no real numbers...
     
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