From: scientist77017@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 4:58:36 PM UTC-6, Jim Joyce wrote:   
   > On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:35:30 -0500, knuttle  wrote:    
   >    
   > >On 01/24/2024 2:44 PM, Paul wrote:    
   > >> On 1/24/2024 2:07 PM, knuttle wrote:    
   > >>    
   > >>> That is what my daughters keep telling me when I complain about the lack   
   of storage in the current computers.   On my 1TB drive I have right at 4GB of   
   data.  During the installation updates, the disk uses over a half a terabyte   
   to install the    
   update.    
   > >>>    
   > >>> Yes with a current computer I could buy a large external drive, but   
   would I have the external drive when I need access to it?    
   > >>    
   > >> The drive would be sitting on the table in its enclosure,    
   > >> unplugged and waiting for you to plug it in. what    
   > >> could be easier ?    
   > >That assumes that you are sitting in your recliner in front of the TV or    
   > >equivalent. I have a Portable Laptop that goes places with me, many    
   > >times on the spur of the moment. ie I have to go over to the next    
   > >building, or to the church and need the hard drive that is sitting    
   > >beside my recliner.   
   > Is it your laptop or does it belong to the church? Most laptops within the   
   past    
   > decade or more can accept a second (or even third) internal drive, sometimes   
   at    
   > the expense of giving up the (mostly obsolete) optical drive.   
      
   Optical drives are hardly obselete.   
      
   They can be used for example in playing DVD movies.   
      
   And they can also be used to boot into or install an operating system.   
      
   Andy   
      
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