I think most new machines you can boot from a USB flash drive.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:25 AM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:
On 01/28/2014 03:00 AM, Kevin Parker wrote:
<http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/business-it/nine-
technologies-that-have-fad
ed-into-history-20140128-hva22.html>
Dot matrix printers still get a lot of use by folks that require carbon
copies. Used a lot by auto parts dealers.
*7. The CD-Rom bundle*
Remember when a new PC or console came with a pile of CDs you had to store
somewhere safe, in case the operating system ever had to be re-installed?
Downloadable software and the rise of iTunes has seen these CD-Rom bundles
go the way of the dodo.
Better hope your new computer comes with optical media, especially if its
Microsoft. Better hope it has an optical drive so you can fix it.
Hardware vendors began phasing out the optical drive as standard around
five years ago and today few new machines come with one. Much needed if you
plan to install Linux.