Late realizations
Jan. 17th, 2005 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyI hate when this happens. I think about a purchase for a while, think I have it all figured out, then order it, then realize it was a mistake just past the last possible moment.
No big deal in this case. I'm moving to using my laptop exclusively, getting rid of the desktop. I need a DVD burner though, so I ordered an external enclosure for it. I kind of hate having all this crud plugged into this laptop, but what are you gonna do?
Today it hit me; I remembered that Newegg has laptop optical drives, and a quick check confirms they have a very nice 8X NEC dual layer burner for $125, very reasonable I think, and it's gotten good reviews. I've been wanting a dual layer drive anyway, I bought my last recorder just before that tech hit. It would be a HUGE bonus to put this in; the current DVDROM drive won't read recordables, and it's not even a CD recorder, I have a separate drive (also internal, in the front bay) for that, which I could get rid of and maybe sell, and put a 2nd battery in there for the very rare occasions when I use batteries (I got some spares out of the junk pile at work; they only last 30 minutes instead of the 1.5 hours a good battery would last, but what the heck, they were free).
Anyway, I ordered Friday night. Newegg still hasn't packaged it, so it may not be too late yet. I sent them an email and I'll call them when they open tomorrow; hopefully I can cancel and reorder the drive with the remainder of the stuff (more ram and a USB hub for the laptop). If not I'll have to decide whether to keep the case or send it back.
No big deal in this case. I'm moving to using my laptop exclusively, getting rid of the desktop. I need a DVD burner though, so I ordered an external enclosure for it. I kind of hate having all this crud plugged into this laptop, but what are you gonna do?
Today it hit me; I remembered that Newegg has laptop optical drives, and a quick check confirms they have a very nice 8X NEC dual layer burner for $125, very reasonable I think, and it's gotten good reviews. I've been wanting a dual layer drive anyway, I bought my last recorder just before that tech hit. It would be a HUGE bonus to put this in; the current DVDROM drive won't read recordables, and it's not even a CD recorder, I have a separate drive (also internal, in the front bay) for that, which I could get rid of and maybe sell, and put a 2nd battery in there for the very rare occasions when I use batteries (I got some spares out of the junk pile at work; they only last 30 minutes instead of the 1.5 hours a good battery would last, but what the heck, they were free).
Anyway, I ordered Friday night. Newegg still hasn't packaged it, so it may not be too late yet. I sent them an email and I'll call them when they open tomorrow; hopefully I can cancel and reorder the drive with the remainder of the stuff (more ram and a USB hub for the laptop). If not I'll have to decide whether to keep the case or send it back.
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Date: 2005-01-18 12:14 pm (UTC)Now... $10 for an extra year's warranty; given my luck with recorders, that's probably worth it.