The dumb/worthless computer part thread.

[moon111]

Useless. How about the cassette deck drive bay?

I have about six music cd's somewhere... I didn't buy them. And I have hundreds of cassette tapes, including a cassette deck in my vehicle. I think a cassette deck drive in a computer would be awesome. I have allot of stuff that isn't available online.

[p0Pe]

For me the dumbest purchase has been my AMD 9950 (my X2 6400 was perfectly fine for me)

dont get a quad if you dont know how to use it

[ShockTheBox]

how about laptop smart cards.. they are supposed to be secure but they are way to easy to bypass

[ShockTheBox]

ohh i gots a new one .. DVD decoder cards .. they were used for old systems to allow them to play dvds better without stuttering .but were introduced way to late and were phased out in like 6 months after relase

[SXRguyinMA]

how about the 3.5" floppy drive/disk? seems pretty well useless now, with all the super capacity flash cards for so cheap. hell a micro sd card is smaller than my thumbnail, yet the one that came in my phone will hold 355.5 times as much as a 3.5" floppy disk will not to mention a flash card is a lot quieter than a floppy

[xmastree]

how about the 3.5" floppy drive/disk? seems pretty well useless now, with all the super capacity flash cards for so cheap.

That's not fair though, you could say the same about a 387 coprocessor. And I still see quite a few floppies in use currently.

[ShockTheBox]

man i was gonna say that but i figured since as a tech guy its so sweet to use dos and boot from dos , that floppys are still workable and used..

[SXRguyinMA]

yea you guys have a point

[FuzzyPlushroom]

I think a cassette deck drive in a computer would be awesome.

And that's all I'm saying about my current mod until I get a bit further along.

As for floppies... hey, do I look like I can be bothered to Nlite an XP disc with SATA drivers on it? No way, I'm keeping a floppy drive around.

[xmastree]

I'm keeping a floppy drive around.

The trouble with floppy drives is that it's another place for air and dust to enter the computer. So, when you build the computer it works fine, then you don't use it for ages. By the time you do need to, it's too dirty and doesn't work any more.
Having run an internet cafe, I can confirm this. I thought about fitting velcro tape over the opening, but had a better idea. When I bought the next batch of PCs I didn't fit floppies, and with the money I saved I bought a couple of USB ones (which came with the driver on a floppy. Oh the irony!) to be used as necessary.

So, back to the topic:
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