Re: Any Dell's To Stay Away From


"Notan" <notan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Von Fourche wrote:
> >
> > "Jay B" <jayb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > i would not get that system.
> > > it is not as good as a 5150 for just a little bit more money.
> > > the 5150 could be purchased for as low as $500 with a 17in flat panel
> > > and a 3.0 proc. the deffierence is usually only $50 between 5150 and
> > > lower models. the improvement is faster memory, faster/better
harddrive,
> > > better moetherboard, better case, better expansion, etc.
> > > its a nice and day diff from celeron for just a few more bucks.
> >
> > I it worth getting a floppy drive anymore?
>
> I'm sorry, but these posts just scream, "Beat me!"
>
> Do *you* need and/or use a floppy drive?
>
> If the answer is "yes," then it's worth getting.
>
> It the answer is "no," then it's not.
>
> Pretty simple, huh?



Maybe not so simple. Before I got my current computer I read a few
computer books. They all said be sure to make one of those rescue boot
disks in the floppy drive and put it up some place safe. So a few days
later after I got my current computer all hooked up I made a boot disk and
put it up some place safe.

If you don't have a floppy drive then how do you make a boot disk? Or
are boot disks not needed anymore?

Personally, I have only used my floppy drive once or twice in the five
years I have had my computer. I save things on cd.






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