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    Internal vs External DVD Burner

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by brncao, Jun 20, 2009.

  1. brncao

    brncao Notebook Evangelist

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    Is there a difference in speed and performance between these two types?
     
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    Th1nkpad Notebook Consultant

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    There can be. Check the specifications of the external DVD Burner you're looking at. Write speeds of 8x vs 16x make a significant difference in burning speed.

    An 8x internal vs. 8x external burner would burn at the same speeds.
     
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    brncao Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I was thinking along the line of the type of connection; the transfer of data between the computer and the dvd drive. USB vs PATA.
     
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    USB 2.0 = 25 - 35MB/s
    DVD16x = ~22MB/s
     
    namaiki, Jun 20, 2009
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  5. brncao

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    Oh ok so it doesn't matter since judging from those numbers, DVD16x is the bottleneck.

    To all Inspiron 1720 owners with external dvd burners. Can you boot off of it? I have a couple Linux OS I want to install via DVD.
     
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    You can boot via Internal/external if your PC support. But most of current PC can do it very good.
     
    trieudoahong, Jun 20, 2009
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    As long as the linux distribution supports your booting off of USB, otherwise you might get what Windows users like to call a BSOD. :p
     
    namaiki, Jun 20, 2009
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