Best laptop under $300 that plays cds/dvds?
I don't like the laptop i have now because it can't download anything but music and videos and my mom said that if i give her my current laptop, she'll buy me a new one as long as it's under $300. So I'm looking for a good laptop that can play cds/dvds and games like the sims 3, minecraft, and audacity etc. It has to be high speed for school work and high definition. And portal, with a pretty decent (good/big) size screen. And lots of storage space. No chromebooks though (Not a fan of them). (Sorry for the way i typed this, Im tired.) Also I don't know much about laptop features like roms and stuff like that so i asked here because it was confusing. Thx in advanced I WILL BE REWARDING BEST ANSWER TO WHOEVER HELPS ME FIND A LAPTOP WITH ALL THE FEATURES IM LOOKING FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How long do burned CDs/DVDs last?
Recordable DVDs and CDs do have a shelf life, usually about 7-10 years at best, depending on the quality of the media. Sony and Maxell media will probably last longer than Tevion or other lower-end brands. Prerecorded media will not degrade over time, so your storebought movies and music will be fine. Recordable discs use a dye process, and over the years the dye will shift. That's just how it works. I have several CDs that I quite liked that degraded in about 4-5 years--not bootlegs, but demos I received from the bands, so they were one-of-a-kind and precious. When played back these days, there are pops and clicks throughout the music where the data has been corrupted. The best way so far to preserve your memories (digital photos, your MP3 collection) is to buy a nice big external hard drive (you can find a 2-terabyte drive for under $100 if you shop enough sales) and keep your media backed up on it instead of discs. I also suggest if you have demo CDs from favorite bands that you use a program like CDex to rip the music to FLAC format and archive the FLAC files on your removable hard drive.
Can you burn cds or dvds without the Internet?
Sure, it's possible to burn discs without the internet, given the source is already saved locally (Hard Drive, Flash, or another CD). Burning does not wear down the computer, per se, but the CD burner/drive does wear down since it uses a laser to "burn" the bits of data onto a blank CD. I've made hundreds of discs, and have gone through 2 drives already. But CD burners are pretty cheap these days, compared to everything else, so I just get a new one. An excellent link for data storage & optical media burning can be found at the bottom of http://www.datastoragesolutions.blogspot.com
Is 1G a lot of memory for a laptop?
1GB of RAM in a laptop with Windows XP is fine. You should consider getting 2GB of RAM if you have Windows Vista. But this memory is not used for Storing music and such. That would be your Hard Drive space. Open My Computer and pick your C drive. Right click to get into PROPERTIES and you will see how much space is left. Always BURN CDs from your iTunes. You never know when your hard drive will fail. So don't CRY if you lose all of your tunes because you failed to make these copies. Never walk away from your computer when using LimeWire. Don't trust anyone. Always scan new downloads with your anti-virus program. NEVER tell people at LimeWire what anti-virus program that you are using. People that WISH you harm an defeat just about any... so keep that a secret. But always CLOSE LimeWire and sharing before you walk away. It's a cruel world... and downloading really is not legal. You have nobody to complain to when you yourself are breaking the laws. Good luck and Happy Computing!
Is physical media dead (CDs, DVDs, etc)?
Recently, when cleaning out my room, I found some old CDs, DVDs, as well as VHS tapes that I honestly forgot I had. Also stumbling upon a stereo, DVD player, and VHS player I decided that I hadn't used any of the stuff in at least 2 years with digital content from iTunes and other sources. I looked through everything and I decided I did not need them. So I binned the CDs,DVDs, and the tapes as well as the stereo, and DVD and VCR equipment. I threw away at least 6 bags of stuff regarding physical media, and I have all of that stuff on my compact laptop. So this brings me to the question -- I threw away that stuff last month and honestly I haven't even missed it one bit. So.. is physical media dead and hard drive storage and cloud storage in our future?