DVD r/w needed for vista

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Nightwish, Aug 2, 2005.

  1. Nightwish

    Nightwish Private E-2

    I was just looking up the official first 'basic' pc requirments needed for Windows Vista and apparently they recommend you have a dvd player that can also write. Why?
    I dont see the point. Infact I dont see much point in them now. All I can think is that u might want it to record tv if broadband becomes a hell of a lot cheaper and probably quicker.
    Now people only use dvd r/w on their pcs to record their camcorder stuff..what else would you use it for?
    Its not that Im against actually buying one..they're cheap enough, I just dont see much point :S
     
    Nightwish, Aug 2, 2005
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  2. rogvalcox

    rogvalcox MajorGeek

    I'm going to guess that they have a built in dvd burning utility...like they did for cd/rw in XP!!!

    Some people like to back up their dvd movies...and if you need to back up large files or portions of your hard drive...dvds are cheap and easy!!!!

    Roger
     
    rogvalcox, Aug 2, 2005
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  3. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    I use mine for mass storage as roger said above,( 4~8gb on a DVD is very handy ) they have most likely put a DVD writer in the specs list as when Vista becomes available in Q4 2006 they will be the norm.

    Just like XP has a min specs list... but you can get away with much less.
     
    DavidGP, Aug 2, 2005
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