(For example, getting rid of
the floppy disk drive on the first iMac, or going all - in on USB - C with the MacBook Pro.)
Prior to Windows XP SP2, Autoplay is disabled by default on removable drives, such as
the floppy disk drive (but not the CD - ROM drive), and on network drives.
In 1980 I came across an Olivetti ET351 with
a floppy disk drive and immediately purchased it.
Do you still have access to
a floppy disk drive?
One of the first, it had 256K of RAM and a 1.2 MGB
floppy disk drive.
Instead, Apple's mass storage system was a $ 495
floppy disk drive using disks that held 140 kilobytes of data apiece.
«Some computers now are coming without A drives (
floppy disk drives),» said Thompson.
Not exact matches
* Power - up from a
floppy disk in the A
drive.
Most computers of this era had dual
floppy drives and many people shared
floppy disks, so the virus was replicated a lot.
And of course, that number doesn't include any forwarding - via - email, thumb
drive, printout,
floppy disk, microdot...
And of course, that number doesn't include any forwarding - via - email, thumb
drive, printout,
floppy disk, microdot, carrier pigeon, etc..
While computers did and still do foster pain and heartbreak (in the personal computer section, my blood pressure spiked as I glared at the double -
floppy -
disk -
drive IBM PC that ate my files at random intervals in the late 1980s), the ingenuity behind them is inspiring.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have thousands of hard
drives, CDs, Zip
drives, and
floppy disks filled with data that was collected ever since data could be stored.
Hard
drives got better and more affordable through the 1980s, yet the
floppy disk still flourished.
For years, hard
drives and
floppy disks have employed magnetic materials to store data.
In response, I related an incident in which a student had lost a metal protector from a 3 1/2 - inch
floppy inside the
disk drive.
In just the past 60 years, we've seen the progression from magnetic
disk drives (e.g.,
floppy disks) to optical devices (e.g., CD - ROM) to web - based systems (e.g., the cloud).
If you want someone to give it a read before you send it out to publishers, you save it to a
floppy disk, a CD, or a thumb
drive and deliver it to them in person like some sort of caveman.
Just as you can no longer buy a business laptop with a
floppy -
disk drive or a trackball, you should not be able to purchase a notebook with a 1366 - resolution screen.
Along the way, the stylish aluminium unibody design has been introduced, the 17 - inch model has been swapped for a 13 - inch one, the Retina display has arrived on the scene, and optical
drives have gone the way of
floppy disks and CRT monitors.
Just as one can no longer buy a business laptop with a
floppy -
disk drive or a trackball, one should not be able to purchase a notebook with a 1366 - resolution screen.
The era of mechanical hard
drives,
floppy disks, and ZIP and JAZ
drives is long gone.
Where we might have needed
floppy disks, today's kids require USB
drives.
If you use a WorkOne office to generate your resume take along a 3.5
floppy disk or flash
drive to save your resume.
It also records images directly to a
floppy disk compatible with your computer
disk drive, a major convenience.
Check all
floppy disks, hard
drives, self - made CDs, and any other removable media as well as your laptop and even your PDA.