I so totally remember that . . . I grew up learning DOS on my first PC . . . In the old days it was all about learning the hardware . . and learning the programming . . . Basic was so fun to learn way back in the day . . . from DOS I migrated to Windows For Workgroups 3.11 . . . and on up to Windows XP today . . . but honestly anymore . . I find myself looking at Linux as an alternative . . . for one its free . . for 2 its come a long way since its early days . . there are so many flavors/distributions of Linux . . alot of them very easy to install and use . . the Linux Distros today are very "Windows Friendly" making switching from Windows to Linux a breeze . . .
I agree this new media will probably be intended solely for backup puposes . . .
and people do rip movies off DVDs and put them on their harddrives . . which by the way is perfectly
legal to do if you legally own the movie . . .
I tend to agree . . . technology predictions can be way off sometimes . . . who knows where the future is taking us or how long it will take to implement an new technology . . . alot of it is associated with the cost of production . . and making it affordable to the end user/consumer . . . also . . . not all technologies are widely adopted by the consumer . . . Sony is a good example of making things that flop because of the price . . . BetaMax was way better than VHS but VHS became more widely adopted because it was more affordable . . . so that makes me wonder how the whole Blu Ray thing is going to turn out eventually . . . again only the consumer can decide its ultimate fate . . .
I tend to agree . . . I think there is both good media and bad media out there . . . I have had some CD's/DVD's for 5-6 years . . . and others fail in less than one year . . I think its all about the manufacturer . . . TDK, Memorex, Sony, Imation, & Verbatim tend to be good products. thats just from my personal experience . . .
Thats why you always backup on more than 1 media . . pefferably one DVD/CD and one copy on an external backup HD . . . if one fails you have a backup copy . . .
this is especially true for your pRoN . . .
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I so totally remember that . . . I grew up learning DOS on my first PC . . . In the old days it was all about learning the hardware . . and learning the programming . . . Basic was so fun to learn way back in the day . . . from DOS I migrated to Windows For Workgroups 3.11 . . . and on up to Windows XP today . . . but honestly anymore . . I find myself looking at Linux as an alternative . . . for one its free . . for 2 its come a long way since its early days . . there are so many flavors/distributions of Linux . . alot of them very easy to install and use . . the Linux Distros today are very "Windows Friendly" making switching from Windows to Linux a breeze . . .
I agree this new media will probably be intended solely for backup puposes . . . and people do rip movies off DVDs and put them on their harddrives . . which by the way is perfectly legal to do if you legally own the movie . . .
I tend to agree . . . technology predictions can be way off sometimes . . . who knows where the future is taking us or how long it will take to implement an new technology . . . alot of it is associated with the cost of production . . and making it affordable to the end user/consumer . . . also . . . not all technologies are widely adopted by the consumer . . . Sony is a good example of making things that flop because of the price . . . BetaMax was way better than VHS but VHS became more widely adopted because it was more affordable . . . so that makes me wonder how the whole Blu Ray thing is going to turn out eventually . . . again only the consumer can decide its ultimate fate . . .
I tend to agree . . . I think there is both good media and bad media out there . . . I have had some CD's/DVD's for 5-6 years . . . and others fail in less than one year . . I think its all about the manufacturer . . . TDK, Memorex, Sony, Imation, & Verbatim tend to be good products. thats just from my personal experience . . .
Thats why you always backup on more than 1 media . . pefferably one DVD/CD and one copy on an external backup HD . . . if one fails you have a backup copy . . . this is especially true for your pRoN . . .