To install CD pgms, I make a burned or copy of the CD on my tower PC into an "ISO" file which I dump onto a flashdrive. On the no CD-RW mini 9, I use Daemon to create and run a virtual CD drive and auto run the program from the plugged-in USB flashdrive.
parametric wrote: To install CD pgms, I make a burned or copy of the CD on my tower PC into an "ISO" file which I dump onto a flashdrive. On the no CD-RW mini 9, I use Daemon to create and run a virtual CD drive and auto run the program from the plugged-in USB flashdrive.
My daughter just bought one of the Acer One mini's. Is there a website where I could do some reading on this so that I could understand exactly how to do this? I don't know what an "ISO" file is, or Daemon, or how to create a virtual CD drive. I thought I was really doing well when I was able to download the 3rd copy of our 3-PC Webroot antivirus/spyware program off the internet for her.
For $75-$100 you can get a USB CD-Rom (for those who don't want to learn how to do the flash drive method). Also, you only have to plug it in when you need it...so typically it can sit safely in a drawer or on a shelf.
moparmaga2 wrote: I was looking at those myself. The negative that I found is that these small computers do not have a CD drive. An external one is 85 dollars extra. So 399+85= 485 dollars.
It is tough for me to spend that much when I can go down to the store and buy a nicely equipped laptop with triple or quadruple the amount of ram, 250 GB HDD vs the 4,8,or 16 GB in the mini, etc.
I know the mini has a SSD, but I do not use my computer while I am jogging down the road, so that is a non factor for me.
It would make an awesome travel computer though for those with extra cash.
Much better and cheaper than a $2000+ Macbook air, and it fills the same need, small and light.
Not even in the same category .Are you really in the IT field? It's obvious that the computer makers are trying to fill other people's needs. One size does not fit all.
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I see these "Ultra Portable" computers as filling a gap between the smartphone/blackberry and the laptop. You are not going to use one for a desktop replacement, but for quick mobile use- email, research, etc. they work very, very well (though the small keyboard and screens can be a pain).
Of course I am biased, but just about all of them are available with some version of Linux, and for those, installing applications is as simple as clicking on "install this application" while connected to a network- heck, my wifes desktop doesn't even have a cdrom drive.
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