FD2004 CD ROM v/s DVD. What is the difference?

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V wrote:

>My computer doesn't have a DVD drive so I will have to buy the CD version of
>the game. Is there a significant difference between the two versions? In
>fact, I am not even sure if the CD version is available. Local electronic
>store has boxes that say PC-CD Rom, but then they also say DVD-Case.
>
>Thank you.
>
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No worries. It's a CD. It just comes packaged, in that version, in the
same kind of plastic case that is used for DVDs.
Seadog

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Thank you SeaDog and RobertVA.

"RobertVA" <robert_c72@nospam.notmail.com> wrote in message
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> Brick and morter software retails have tired of the different package
sizes.
> It's easier for them to have pc software packages the same shorter and
> narrower dimentions as what Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft insist console
> software is packed in. With the consistant package sizes retailers can
> display a larger variety of product in the same space, the shelves in the
PC
> section line up atractively with the console sections and they can by the
> same store furnishings for all the packages. Thus the CD ROMs in the DVD C
A
> S E.
>
> Packaging for non US versions may be different from US versions. Early
> copies in the US we in a tin collectors tin that was the same height and
> width as the standard CD case but was thicker. Later copies in the US are
in
> a card stock box, again with the same width and height as a stadard DVD
case
> but also with a greater thickness.
>
> "V" <someone@e.net> wrote in message
> news:uX4jFolYEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > My computer doesn't have a DVD drive so I will have to buy the CD
version
> of
> > the game. Is there a significant difference between the two versions? In
> > fact, I am not even sure if the CD version is available. Local
electronic
> > store has boxes that say PC-CD Rom, but then they also say DVD-Case.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
>
>