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    Advantages of 2 DVD/CD drives?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nmaynan, Dec 8, 2007.

  1. nmaynan

    nmaynan Notebook Guru

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    I've never really found much use for having 2 DVD/CD drives. What do you guys use 2 drives for? What are some of the reasons why getting 2 drives is a good move?
     
    nmaynan, Dec 8, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Not as much swap-age when you want to play more than one game. Burn two things at once. Watch 2 movies at once.

    Same advantage as having 2 over 1 of anything.
     
    Lithus, Dec 8, 2007
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    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    or rip one thing and burn one, or burn one and watch one. it also looks cool
     
    Crimsonman, Dec 8, 2007
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  4. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    hmm, havent tried this in a while, but in my old p3 system, i couldnt rip / burn to both at once... but that was an old system
     
    aan310, Dec 8, 2007
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  5. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    You can copy discs without having to move files over the your hard disk first.
     
    vespoli, Dec 8, 2007
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  6. nmaynan

    nmaynan Notebook Guru

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    So having 2 doesn't really give you the ability to do anything you can't do with one (other than doing 2 "drive jobs" at same time obviously). Right?

    I'm just wondering if there is a common use for 2 drives that I'm not aware of. Maybe for people more experienced with computers than I am.
     
    nmaynan, Dec 8, 2007
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  7. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    No. Two drives do not combine into one "Super-Drive".

    Go Go Power Rangers.
     
    Lithus, Dec 8, 2007
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  8. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    lol lithus.

    The only thing that you can kinda do is play a video game and listen to music at the same time, but most people have their music on some program.
     
    Crimsonman, Dec 8, 2007
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  9. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I have two blu ray durners in my voodoo laptop, and its pretty awesome. Installation of multi dvd or cd software bundles takes half the time. You can game and rip a cd, I usually use both of them at the same time for ripping music cds, and burning cd's, dvd's and blu-rays.

    It is definitely awesome owning the only laptop chassis with 2 cd drive bays.
    The other day in architecture studio we had to burn two dvd copies of our work. So in Nero, I burned 2 dvd's at 16x speed and finished in less than half of the time as the other students who were struggling with roxio and their 4x dvd burners in their lenovo laptops. Silly lenovo t61's are for kids.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Dec 9, 2007
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  10. Clutch66

    Clutch66 Notebook Consultant

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    Wow.... Takes a lot of skill to multitask like that.
     
    Clutch66, Dec 9, 2007
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  11. klutchrider

    klutchrider Notebook Evangelist

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    Damn, I can understand a desktop having more than one CD/DVD drive but a laptop? I understand you having a desktop replacement, but having that stock built-in is overkill. It's like just talking about how big your e-pen0r is.
     
    klutchrider, Dec 9, 2007
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  12. Lithus

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    Well his laptop cost 8 grand, and if I bought a laptop for 8 grand, it better come with a ounce of gold and a car.
     
    Lithus, Dec 9, 2007
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