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<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41f03535.16160053@nntp.charter.net...
> I've resold some Dells built without floppies and added a USB floppy
> drive,
> which may be more cost-effective than an internal floppy with special Dell
> mounting bracket. A USB floppy takes up space outside the computer
> chassis, but
> it can always be detached and placed in a desk drawer when not in use.
>
> You might also find a Dell floppy mounting kit on eBay for less money
> including
> shipping (even from the US with import duties and VAT) than Dell UK's
> selling
> price... Ben Myers
>
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:21:38 -0000, "Chris Curtis" <newsgroup@nospam.net>
> wrote:
>
>>"Tom J" <tomj_ga@despammed.com> wrote in message
>>news:35akjqF4hlnv8U1@individual.net...
>>>
>>> "davinp" <dpete47@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:41f0152a$1_4@alt.athenanews.com...
>>>> You obvisouly didn't hear Dell's announcement last summer that they
>>>> would start shipping PCs without floppy disk drives. My 4600 has a
>>>> floppy disk, though I rarely use it. My office doesn't use floppy
>>>> disks much anymore either. You can buy one a floppy disk drive on
>>>> Ebay. It is easy to install.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not very easy to install a floppy in a Dell unless you have the mounting
>>> kit. My price from Dell for the mounting kit was $15 or for the floppy
>>> drive with the mounting kit installed on it, $15. Guess which I
>>> ordered,
>>> and it was delivered the next day, no freight.
>>>
>>> Tom J
>>>
>>No I didn't hear about the announcement from Dell. Not until about 3 hours
>>ago when I entered a search into Google!
>>Well if the drive was only $15 we wouldn't be having this discussion; the
>>UK
>>price in the Dell Store is nearer $70 at current exchange rates! I'll give
>>them a ring! As far as I'm concerned they are like microwaves; not used
>>that
>>often but indispensible when needed!
>>Thanks for the input everyone.
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>
Yes, a usb device makes sense. I hadn't realised how cheap they have become;
the last one I bought was for a Mac (when they decided a few years a go that
floppies were no longer required) and was about £80!
Chris
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