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Sean Scott wrote:
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> "Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:423F343C.5CC56F0D@blueyonder.co.uk...
> Nick Vargish wrote:
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> > Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
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> > > I just hope it isn't a slot loader!
> >
> > The PowerBook I use has a slot-loading optical drive and I like it
> > quite a bit. The only problem is that it won't take the mini CD or
> > other odd-shaped discs, but that should matter even less with PS3
> > games or movies.
> >
> > What do you have against slot-loading drives?
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > --
> > # sigmask || 0.2 || 20030107 || public domain || feed this to a
> > python
> > print reduce(lambda x,y:x+chr(ord
-1),'
> > Ojdl!Wbshjti!=obwAcboefstobudi/psh?')
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> Not just them but even drawer loaders. The more 'auto' stuff on
> equipment the more to go wrong.
> --
> Paul (That's what keeps me down)
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> I like slot loaders and have never had a problem with them, My DVD, CD and
> DVD ROMS and car stereo are all slot loaders.
I have never been keen on the idea of fitting a fragile disc through a
slot, and as for the drawer mechanism it's hard to tell if that is
responsible for the collapse of a fair few ps2s. Of course this is all
preference, but at least with a flip lid it's just a button.
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Paul (That’s what keeps me down)
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